Here’s a prayer of
confession inspired by Mark 10:46-52, where Jesus heals Bartimaeus of
blindness.
Prayer of Confession
(based on Mark 10:46-52)
When we want to be a
church ever-reforming,
yet cling to
comfortable ways:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
us!
When we
want to honor your “still speaking voice”,
but are
fearful of insights which challenge old assumptions:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
us!
When we
want to live into Jesus’ dream of oneness,
but fail to
listen to voices of difference:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on
us!
Words of Assurance
Take heart, get up; Jesus is calling to us!
We trust in
the one who has guided the church for two millennia.
Through
Christ, God forgives us our failings,
and
continues to call us into a community of mutual love and forgiveness.
Let us
celebrate this mercy of God
by greeting
each other with a sign of Christ’s peace.
~ written by the Rev. Bonnie Tarwater, and posted on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/
