Here’s a two-voice
litany from April Yamasaki which she wrote to introduce the overall focus and
content of the first letter to the church at Corinth.
Litany
(inspired by 1 Corinthians)
For no one can lay any foundation
other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
(3:11)
The foundation for blessing and grace.
The foundation for our unity.
I always thank my God for you
because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. (1:3, 4)
The source of wisdom.
The source of our ministry and teaching.
God is the source of your life in Christ Jesus,
who became for us wisdom from God,
and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
(1:30)
What is God’s wisdom for human sexuality, legal disputes,
marriage, singleness, widowhood, food sacrificed to idols?
What is God’s wisdom for testing and temptation?
Do you not know that your body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
which you have from God,
and that you are not your own?
For you were bought with a price;
therefore glorify God in your body. (6:19-20)
How do we glorify God in what we wear for worship,
how we celebrate the Lord’s Supper?
How do we recognize and release the gifts of the Spirit
for the common good?
And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three,
and the greatest of these is love. (13:13)
Let us receive and proclaim the good news
of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Let us give thanks
for this life
and for the resurrection of the dead.
Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting? (15:54-55)
For Jesus Christ is our sure foundation.
For Jesus Christ is our sure foundation.
“The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.” (16:23)
~ written by April
Yamasaki, and posted on the website of Emmanuel Mennonite Church. http://www.emmanuelmennonite.com/2013/10/11/a-litany-of-1-corinthians/
