Jesus
Lamb of God
Son of Mary
It’s lent
-
And we make
the slow journey with you towards Holy week
We who know
who you are
We remember
what happened
What you
chose to leave behind
What you did
for us
Who you enable
us now to be
You are our way
You are our
truth
You are our life.
You turned
your face towards us
You keep your
face turned towards us
Help us to keep
our eyes on you
Help us to
keep our eyes on you
When Mad
March is here
And we are
dazzled by bright lights
And a smorgasbord
of distractions
Help us to
keep our eyes on you
When we are
juggling our priorities
family and study
work life
and friendship
our decisions
and our ambitions
We long for
the world to know who you are
Yet we find
ourselves gathering together only with people who know you
We hope that
the people in our streets who are isolated and long for connection find
community
Yet we spend
our time bingeing on Netflix
We yearn for
a time when everyone has food to eat and clean water to drink
Yet we
fritter our resources away on things we don’t need at all
So easy to
leave the building of your kingdom to somebody else.
So easy to
close our eyes
Or turn our
faces away
Thank you
that you never do.
Jesus, who
gave everything away for the least of us
We’re sorry.
Thank you
that you forgive us,
Welcome us,
Share your
plans with us again.
You are our
faithful teacher, saviour and friend.
We want to
be your faithful people.
Show us your
ways.
Amen
