Abram's Kin

22 February 2007

Daily Prayers for Lent

Based on Jesus' wilderness temptation, these were adapted from The Open Office:

Morning Prayer
God who refused to stone-grind flour, who had the wealth to buy all love,
we thank you for all we have as we break-fast this morning.
We will have power to impress people people today;
may we not inflate beyond what is true.
We will be open to impression today;
may we have a clear mind for this truth—
that true love cannot be bought or sold.
May we neither buy nor sell,
but only generously give and receive.

Midday Prayer
God who refused to jump, who could have called on angels and lightening,
but refused,
solidify our cand-floss faith.
Among the glitz and glamour, the faux-celebrity clamour,
sneak in, come alongside and, though we see only through a glass darkly,
remove our shades, an let us meet the eyes of the other.

Evening Prayer
God who refused to bow, who came on down, but refused the cash prizes,
God of infinite dimensions, inhabit our four—
to love you, to love our neighbors as ourselves.
May we give up on nothing,
save giving up on our lives,
as you gave up yours.
Thank you.

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