Lenten Prayer - Day 30 - Fifth Tuesday (March 23, 2021)
Gospel Reading: John 12:37-43
Gospel Reading: John 12:37-43
Jesus, we know that many who heard You preach, and many who saw You do astonishing acts of healing and liberation. did not acknowledge You as anything more than a disruption of teachings and traditions in which they found contentment, reassurance, and even hope for a new future.
We often find that your teaching and action disrupt our preferred existence. We resist your call to compassion, justice, reconciliation, gratitude, and generosity. As we resist your teaching, we frequently fail to see the wonders You do that would bring us together, in solidarity, for glad thanksgiving and generous sharing. Our own resistance blinds us to the truth that You enact among us.
We know there is no easy move from observing healed and transformed lives to trusting You and being loyal to You. Forgive us for making the move more difficult by clinging to our doubts as though they were a badge of honor. Forgive us for resisting You when following You does not seem to provide the benefits that we want most: wealth, security, and human praise.
Heal our blindness. Heal our hard-heartedness. Let your Spirit blow in fresh and free ways to bring new vision and new faith among us. Amen.
Amen
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