26. Dezember 2021
In this moment, remembering God, / we bring to you all the ways we have not lived as your people: / we stand by watching while those in need struggle to survive; / we cast our lots with those who worship power and success; / we offer insults rather than words of grace to those we encounter; / we scoff at your words which call us to a different way of living. / Forgive us, God of mercy, for not knowing what we do to you, to others, to ourselves. / Speak to us through Jesus Christ, our brother and our Savior, who bears words filled with your tender mercy and gracious hope. / Amen.
Judith L. Watt, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Homepage 10.3.20