Jesus of Eden,
You made our frail world, but we have despoiled what you made good.
Yet what we have broken, you are renewing.
Jesus of Calvary,
You know our deepest selves, our petty weaknesses and our gravest sins. Yet you forgive us our sins and restore our relationships.
Jesus of Gethsemane,
You have washed our feet; now empower us to wash the feet of those we do not understand. You have fed us with spiritual food; now strengthen us to feed those we cannot love on our own. You allowed yourself to be crucified; now enable us to go with you:
As you are lifted up on the awful tree,
And as you overcome death,
And as you rise to new life again.
Spirit of Pentecost,
Send us out into the world to walk in your ways, to welcome the stranger, to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep,
And always, everywhere, and in all things to give thanks.
Amen.
