Prayers of the People.Mar10.19

In our Christian tradition we have begun the journey into and through Lent.  A season that invites us to both feasting and fasting, a time of finding the Beloved, who is enough for all of life.   Lent is a time of returning to simplicity and fasting from all that gets our bodies and souls out of balance.  

Holy One of Love		Hear our Prayer

Let us feast with compassion  and fast from holding grudges.   May we have compassion on all of suffering humanity and understand more deeply what it means to stand in solidarity with them.  Those that are homeless and jobless, refugees and wanderers, may they find a place that is home.  Let us feast on kindness and fast from sarcasm.  May we feast on peace and fast from needless conflict.  

Holy One of Love		Hear our Prayer

Let us feast on creativity and fast from all that deadens our souls.   May we support and encourage all  the expressions of beauty around us, letting us see the Holy.   Let us feast on social justice, and let us fast from negligence of the most vulnerable.  

Holy One of Love		Hear our Prayer

In our holy task of carrying those we love who are suffering we name together those on our prayer list on the back of our bulletin.
We give thanks for those in our faith family here and this week we pray for:  

Holy One of Love		Hear our Prayer

We give thanks for our connection to the students and teachers in Ndandini.  Bless them Holy One.   We give thanks for the all those working together in the Syiyaya Reconciliation movement.  

As we move through this season with intention and reverence, may we find practices that join together simplicity and celebration in our lives, in our community.  May we encounter Jesus in a new way on this Lenten journey of feasting and fasting.  

Amen.