Here’s
an opening prayer inspired by Isaiah 58: 1-9.
It was written by Rev. Iona MacLean.
Opening
Prayer
(inspired by Isaiah
58:1-9)
“Is this not the fast
I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of
the yoke, to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every
yoke?” Isaiah
58:6
God
of compassion and justice,
the
worship you choose for us is to loose the bonds of injustice,
to
let the oppressed go free,
to
share bread with the hungry,
to
shelter the homeless poor.
Then
your light shall break forth like the dawn
and
your healing shall spring up quickly.
So
in praise and wonder, we come to worship you
not
just with our words
but
with our hearts and our lives.
Glory
and honour be to you, O God,
Creator
of a new heaven and a new earth;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
~
The Rev. Iona MacLean, First Presbyterian Church, Pictou, Nova Scotia, in Change
is Happening, http://presbyterian.ca/pwsd/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Worship10-11.pdf
published by the Presbyterian World
Service & Development, www.presbyterian.ca/pwsd,
the development and relief agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
