Here’s a corporate act of confession, inspired by
the suggested scripture readings for Proper 26C. It was written by Thom Shuman, and posted on Lectionary Liturgies.
Call
to Reconciliation
How
patient is God! We run around trying to do everything our way, and God
just waits. We try to buy life and happiness, and God waits. We hurt
others and walk away from those in need, and God waits. God waits, and
upon hearing our heartfelt prayers and cries for help, God touches us with
forgiveness and new life. Come; join me as we pray to the One who waits to
hear—from us!
Unison Prayer for Forgiveness
Surrounded
by so many seductions, Patient God,
we
find it difficult to see you in our lives.
Justice
has a hard time surviving
when
there is so much persecution and affliction
towards
the little ones of the world.
Our
neighborhoods, our families, even our churches,
are
filled with strife and contention.
We
cry for help, Listening God; forgive us!
As
we wait for your grace to fill our lives,
may
we open our hearts to your hope and healing,
always giving thanks
for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Silence is kept
Rich,
poor;
young,
old;
sinner,
saint:
We
are all God's children,
and
God transforms each of us
into
the people we are meant to be.
Broken, we are mended;
Broken, we are mended;
separated
from others, we are made one;
longing
to serve, we are sent forth.
Thanks
be to God, we are forgiven. Amen.
~ written by Thom Shuman, and posted on Lectionary
Liturgies. http://lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.ca/
