Here’s
a prayer of intercession for worship on Good Friday. It was written by Ann Siddall, and posted on the Stillpoint Spirituality Centre
website.
Prayer for Others
(inspired by Psalm 22:1, Matthew 27:46,
Mark 15:34)
This
Good Friday we join our voices
to
the words of Jesus on the cross,
and
the cry of all who are abandoned,
“My
God, why have you forsaken me?”
Before
we race in quickly
with
the triumphant answer,
or
the desire to set things right,
we
need to stand alongside
this
ancient cry of dereliction.
So
today we place ourselves
with
all those who cry out
for
food and justice, for work and healing,
for
hope and love, for faith and for meaning:
we
hear their pain and the pain of Jesus Christ.
And
because we know
that
in two days we will be back
celebrating
and singing,
do
not let us deny the suffering
of
Christ and of this world.
Today
we cry out about:
(world and local situations may be named
here)
O
God, our God, we cry out to You
do
not forsake us. Amen.
~
written by Ann Siddall, and posted on the
Stillpoint Spirituality Centre website. https://stillpointsa.org.au/