Lenten Prayer - Day 22 - Fourth Saturday (March 13, 2021)
Gospel Reading: Luke 12:54-13:5
Gospel Reading: Luke 12:54-13:5
God of wisdom and insight, give us understanding of ourselves and the world in which we live. Forgive us for acting as though we know it all when we find it difficult to discern the work that You are doing among us, through your Living Word, and through the movement of your Spirit, here and now.
Help us to discern right from wrong, to see the ways that our choices and actions are part of a matrix of predatory exploitation that ravages the lives of many for the benefit of a few. Help us to recognize that when You bring judgment, You will right the radical imbalance of power and wealth that most of us accept, most of the time.
Enable us to follow Jesus in resisting corrupt power structures that unleash violence and death instead of renewing life among us. At the same time, help us to live, individually and communally, in fruitful ways that bring health, joy, justice and peace to neighbors and nations.
Forgive us when we put on an act of goodness and compassion. Forgive us when we live in fruitless ways that neither glorify You nor enrich the lives of our neighbors. Keep pruning and fertilizing our lives with your love in ways that energize us to live in new ways. Amen.
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