Here’s a prayer of confession and commitment,
inspired by Isaiah 61:1 and Luke 4:18-19. It appeared on the Monthly Prayers (now Weekly Worship) page of the Christian Aid website.
Prayer
(inspired by Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18-19)
'The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because
he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.
He
has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and
recovery of sight to the blind,
to
let the oppressed go free,
to
proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.' (Luke 4:18-19)
O Christ, you lived as an
ordinary man
not in style but simply,
yet still you caused uproar, and questions everywhere;
you drew the expectations of hungry crowds,
and brought buried conflicts to the light.
not in style but simply,
yet still you caused uproar, and questions everywhere;
you drew the expectations of hungry crowds,
and brought buried conflicts to the light.
May we,
who are sometimes swayed by the
crowd’s approval,
and who often avoid conflict
for fear of its cost to us,
hold fast to the gospel of peace and justice
and follow faithfully in your way of compassion and solidarity
with those who are poor and excluded,
wherever it may lead us.
Amen.
and who often avoid conflict
for fear of its cost to us,
hold fast to the gospel of peace and justice
and follow faithfully in your way of compassion and solidarity
with those who are poor and excluded,
wherever it may lead us.
Amen.
~
originally posted on the Monthly Prayers page (now Weekly
Worship) of the Christian Aid website. https://www.christianaid.org.uk/churches/weekly-worship
