Here’s are some opening comments and an opening prayer inspired by Isaiah 64:8 and/or Jeremiah 18:1-11, where God is
portrayed as a Potter. It was posted on the
Leicester Cathedral website.
Opening Comments
Pick
up a lump of clay and mold it in your hands
Think
about the creation of the world—
the
touch of God’s hands on the very substance of the universe
As
you change the appearance of the clay with the touch of your hands,
think
how the world you live in has touched and changed you...
Think
of how your hands have touched other people –
in
love, in anger, in sorrow and in joy...
Think
of the things and people who have touched your life
and
molded you into the person you are today...
“Yet, O LORD, you are
our Father.
We are the clay, you
are the potter;
we are all the work
of your hand.” (Isaiah
64:8)
Prayer
Look,
Lord, on an empty vessel that needs to be filled.
In
faith I am weak—strengthen me.
In
love I am cold—warm me and make me fervent
so
that my love may go out to my neighbour.
I
doubt and am unable to trust you completely.
Lord,
strengthen my faith and trust in you.
You
are all the treasure I possess.
I
am poor, you are rich,
and
you came to have mercy on the poor.
I
am a sinner, you are goodness.
From
you I can receive goodness,
but
I can give you nothing.
Therefore
I shall stay with you.
(Martin Luther)
