an prayer of invitation

For the love shared

we are grateful

For provision and nurture

we are grateful

For kindness given

we are grateful.

For the sorrow we've caused,

we pray for forgiveness

For justices ignored,

we pray for forgiveness.

For the encounters with God today, in stranger and friend,

We bid you well.

For the encounters missed today,

We know that you always see us

even when we don't see you.

For now,

may we see you

in ways expected and unexpected.

We remember that you, Jesus of Nazareth,

lived through times of consolation and desolation.

And you walked into the lives of those people you met

inviting them to justice, truth, love and life.

May we be courageous.

May we learn.

May we love.

Amen

Adapted from prayers in "Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community" by Pádraig Ó Tuama

 

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