Praying our Way around the World
Prayers for Sunday, April 3 It’s April. But it is still Lent. Flowers are awakening from their winter slumber, their fragile petals doing a morning stretch, seeking the sun and summer. But it is still Lent. Our fragile and repentant hearts are stretching toward your arms of forgiveness. Most gracious, most merciful God, grab our hesitant arms and pull us into your enthusiastic embrace of grace. (Prayer response: Taize "Lord, Listen to your children praying") It’s April. But it’s still Lent. Even though we know that the cross is empty, we will journey to Jerusalem and once again celebrate the greatest love story ever told. But we are not the central characters in this story. YOU are. You are the one who receives the fragrant oil that will be soon be carried to your tomb of death. You are the one who chastises Judas for his early betrayal that will be trumped by a betrayed kiss. ...