Here’s a prayer of intercession at the start of
Lent. It was written by Roddy Hamilton.
Prayer
for Others
We step into Lent, O God
and we are faced with real desolation
Hear us as we pray
at this time
prayers that groan in our souls
that know God doesn’t mean someone who steps in
and sorts it all out
like some tooth fairy
but that you stand in the desolation
and weep
at loss and suffering
and all that brings it
and so we pray for the people of the world
not knowing what else we can do
but live in relationship
with silence
that we may we feel our humanity with each other
for the sake of that humanity
and in places of conflict
and the continual suffering there
governing our humanity
and the shock of what we become
and who we do deals with
in the name of economy and trade
God
may we hold your silence
that speaks into this week
may we recognise who we have become
in the conflicts of this week
may we perceive ourselves as we really are
compared to creation’s power
And bring those people
who hold us in that life
in relationships with each other
our family and friends
those ill and those recovering
those worried and those anxious
Hear us
O God
as we pray
that we return to right relationships
with the world and with each other
So be it
Amen
~ written by Roddy Hamilton, and posted on the
Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/
