Lenten Prayer - Day 32 - Sixth Thursday (March 25, 2021)
Gospel Reading: Mark 13:1-13
Gospel Reading: Mark 13:1-13
Jesus, enable us to see with your eyes. Help us to understand that every edifice, real or imagined, that dominates our physical or emotional space and becomes an idol, will come under judgment. The things that we believe are most enduring will be revealed as vulnerable and temporary.
Give us discernment about what is truly valuable and truly enduring. Enable us to commit ourselves to the people and places to which You direct our gaze and our efforts to serve. Do not let us be deceived by sales people, educators, politicians, or even pastors and priests, into believing that anything other than your presence is worthy of our most robust commitment.
Keep us from squandering our energy by trying to create a timetable for the consummation of God's reign. Instead, enable us to be alert for your presence, wherever it is breaking through in the midst of our daily lives and relationships, as well as within the larger human systems of which we are a part.
Help us to remember that your love and action precede our own. Your Spirit is making a way for bold witness and service. Your Spirit gives the energy and speech that we need in times of trial. Enable us to remain firm in our trust for You, no matter how severely we are buffeted by resistance to the love and justice You desire among us.
We trust in You! Help us now! Help us each day! Amen.
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