Saturday, March 3, 2018

LENTEN PRAYERS 2018: PRAYING THE DAILY GOSPEL


THIRD SATURDAY
Mark 5:1-20

Christ, our Savior, we rejoice that your ministry was and is empowered by the Holy Spirit. And we rejoice that by that Spirit You are able to discern and deliver from impure spirits that oppress human lives by controlling thoughts, emotions, and actions, while churning everything into chaos.

Like the man among the tombs, some of our lives have been engulfed in such chaos. We had become dangerous and terrifying to ourselves and to others.

But You have acted without fear in the face of oppressive spirits.  You have acted with compassion toward those whose lives are spinning away from them, those who are divided, dissipated and tormented. You have brought release. You have transformed. You have brought order and new creation from our chaos. 

Such healing and release are too much for ordinary words. So, we sing praise. We shout, “Hallelujah.” And we tell others about your astonishing goodness to us in words that can never capture the full truth or express our full gratitude. Amen.

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