Lenten Prayer - Day 23 - Fourth Monday (March 15, 2021)
Gospel Reading: John 8:21-30
Gospel Reading: John 8:21-30
Jesus, enable us to see You for who You are. Open our hearts and minds to understand enough to respond to You in openness and trust. Enable us to discern the qualitative difference between your life and ours, to see that your life is a life of depth and mystery because of your relationship to and revelation of the Holy One.
Forgive us when we are resistant to your instruction. Forgive us when we resist You as the most complete image of the Holy One and the most complete example of faithful human life.
We confess that we know that You are one with the Father because You have been lifted up, before us, as the self-giving expression of God's love. Had You not laid down your life, we would still be lost, without understanding, dead in our sins.
Let our lives be fully linked to yours, and, through You, to the Holy One. Overcome any resistance that still remains in us. We trust in You to act for our salvation and God's glory. Amen.
Amen
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