PRAYER
OF THANKSGIVING
O
God we call...
throughout
the ages people have called out in their times of crisis.
O
God we call...
those
under the thumb of oppression, those struggling under the weight of
life.
O
God we call...
seeking
to know that we are heard, seeking relief in our hardship.
From
deep inside we yearn for you.
We
ask you to break in to the world, to set things right.
We
are not alone...
we
trust that you hear the cries of your people.
We
are not alone...
with
thanksgiving we celebrate your constant presence, your assurance that
the arc of the universe continuously bends toward justice.
We
are not alone...
God
of life, we thank you for the gifts you share with us, we thank you
for changing the world so that all your children might flourish.
And
so in hope and thanksgiving we echo the old prayer:
That
all will be well, all manner of thing be well. Someday. Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
God
hears.
And
God calls us to hear too.
God
acts.
And
challenges us to act as agents of God.
We
go out into the world,
looking
for the “burning bush”, looking for those places where God
invites us into the work of liberation.
And
we go secure in the promise that we are not alone. God is with us.
Thanks
be to God. Amen
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