Here’s
a Kyrie for use during the COVID-19 quarantine. It was written by Nissa
Peterson, Pastor at Chatfield and Root Prairie Lutheran Churches in southern
Minnesota. Pastor Nissa blogs at MightyNiss (see link below).
Kyrie during Quarantine
Seeking
peace in a broken world,
but
also knowing God’s peace through God’s presence,
we
pray to the Lord.
Lord,
have mercy.
Seeking
peace in suffering, illness, and pain,
but
also feeling God’s peace through healing, prayer, and those who help,
we
pray to the Lord.
Lord,
have mercy.
Seeking
peace through our distress, depression, isolation, and fear,
but
also feeling God’s peace through the words of loved ones
and
the hope we see in the world,
we
pray to the Lord.
Lord,
have mercy.
Seeking
peace through the pain of worshipping separately,
longing
for our holy community to be gathering,
but
also feeling peace through God’s presence with each of us
as
we worship together distantly,
we
pray to the Lord.
Lord
have mercy.
Help,
save, comfort, and defend us, loving Lord.
We
need you now, as we have needed you every day.
We
cannot live without you.
Amen.
~
written by Pastor Nissa Peterson, Chatfield & Root Prairie Lutheran
Churches. Posted on MightyNiss https://mightyniss.blogspot.com/2020/04/kyrie-for-worship-during-coronavirus.html
