LENTEN PRAYERS 2018: PRAYING THE DAILY GOSPEL
THIRD
FRIDAY
Mark 4:35-41
Much too
often, our faith is weak. When chaos confronts us, we are seldom able to manage
more than a panicked cry for your intervention. We imagine that this moment’s
crisis (like many before it) will bring our undoing, that we will be swamped,
that no one will rescue, that we will never recover.
Though You
are not at our beck and call, as though we controlled You, You, God of wonders,
are able to speak a word that brings order and peace from chaos. Just as your
Spirit hovered over the waters of chaos and brought creation to light, You are
able to move, unperturbed, through the chaos we fear.
You are
able to calm the chaos that threatens to engulf us and You are able to give us
courage to face our crises with courage and trust. You are even able to calm
and transform the chaos that we create, in and around ourselves, by our
faithless choices that so often damage and destroy. You are able to transform
us!
In our
chaotic moments, help us remember that You are near. Help us remember that your
word undoes chaos. Deepen our faith! Let your awesome ability evoke our praise.
Amen.
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