PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 5, 2011
Greeting
All things derive from one Divine Source.
We proclaim the Power of God.
We acknowledge our dependence on God
for life
for the meaning of life.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we confess that in many ways our lives have been less than Christian. Although we have been enlightened, we have failed to give light. Although we have known the Spirit of God’s Love, we have failed to share it with others. Although we have been prepared for discipleship, we have failed to practice it.
Forgive us, Lord, and set us straight. Teach us to love others as Jesus has loved us: unreservedly, totally, free as the wind.
Blessing
Go in peace.
Pray for every living being.
And be gentle in all you say and do.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 12, 2011
Greeting
Rejoice, the earth is alive,
the air is vibrant.
Rejoice in the season of life.
Rejoice and sing and pray and worship
in the Spirit of the Lord.
Penitential Prayer
Because we have blamed others for our mistakes,
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Because we have turned our backs on those we might have helped,
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Because we have turned to you only when it was convenient
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Because we have underestimated the true worth of our friends and neighbors,
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Because we have turned the truth to our selfish ends,
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Because we have tried to do it “our way” instead of Your way,
Father we ask your forgiveness.
Blessing
Fear not the darkness
for a great light shines within you.
Fear not your enemy
for your love transcends his wrath.
Go through the world fearing nothing:
harming nothing.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 19, 2011
Greeting
The Father summons …
and promises always
a Kingdom to come
where we might respond
both as servants and sons.
Penitential Prayer
Father, we confess the inadequacy of our love:
Scripture tells us You so loved the world
that You sent Your only Son,
not to condemn
but to save!
Father, truly Your love is vast
but mankind’s love is frequently preempted
by thoughtless condemnations,
by vengeful acts, by hateful
exploitations.
Father, forgive us!
Blessing
Go out into the world in love:
hold fast to what is good,
return no person evil for evil,
strengthen the weak,
support the poor,
honor all your brothers and sisters,
Go out into the world in love
and live as men and women in Christ.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 26, 2011
Greeting
Praise the Lord, brothers and sisters, praise the Lord!
He who is hungry shall hunger no more;
He who is thirsty shall thirst no more.
Praise the Lord, brothers and sisters, praise the Lord!
for the body and the blood of Christ
are the bread and the wine of life everlasting.
Penitential Prayer
Forgive us, Father,
For our failure to feed the hungry,
For our failure to give drink to the thirsty,
For our failure to be the salt of the earth,
and the light of the world.
Blessing
Go into the world as one possessed
with the courage and strength of
the Bread of Life.
Raise the lowly to high places.
Fill the hungry with nourishing things.
Exalt the Name of Jesus, who gave His flesh and blood for the life of the world.
