NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 8/12

NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 8/12


At the Last Supper, Jesus prayed for those gathered with him at the table, knowing that his message would be entrusted to them in a unique way.  But he did not pray only for the apostles, he prayed for us, too:
I pray not only for them, 

    but also for those who will believe in me 
        through their word,  
so that they may all be one
    as you, Father, are in me and I in you, 
that they also may be in us, 
    that the world may believe that you sent me.
                                                   John 17:20-21 
You prayed, Lord,
    that we might all be one
        – but we’re not…
Rather, we are
    divided, scattered and split apart,
        detached, conflicted and separate,
    torn asunder, opposed and contrary,
        parted, ruptured and riven,
    fragmented, splintered and disconnected,
        broken, in pieces and apart…
We need healing, Lord,
    healing deep within
        our painful, self-inflicted wounds…
We need mending, Lord,
    mending of the brokenness
        that weakens and impairs us…
We need wisdom, Lord,
    wisdom to enable us
        to do what’s right and just…
We need to be humbled, Lord,
    stripped of our smug arrogance,
        presumption and pretension…
We need to be moved, Lord,
    moved from our intransigence
        to truth as you reveal it…
We need to be forgiven, Lord,
    reconciled with you
        and with those whom we’ve denounced…

You prayed, Lord,
    that we might all be one
        – but we are not…
We’re not one in our nation,
    we’re not one in our Church,
we’re not one in our communities,
    we’re not one in our families, 
we’re not one with with you
    and often we’re not even one with our selves
and so we pray, Lord…
With the power your mercy,
    open wide our minds and hearts,
        heal our blindness to your truth,
            move our souls beyond our selfishness
and make us one in you
    and through you
        make us one with one another
just as you are in one in love
    with the Father and the Spirit…

Protect us, Lord while we’re awake
    and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
    and asleep, rest in your peace…


  

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