Holy God, Creator of the heavens and the earth …
On this Palm Sunday, on this Sabbath Day, a day of rest and recollection, a day of good
We welcome the One who blessed the widow and her tiny, tiny, coin … who gave hearing to the deaf, sight to the blind, a fresh chance to everyone in need of a better day.
We sing Hallelujah, we wave our palm branches … we lay down our cloaks … to honor the Christ, our LORD and our Savior …
Help us, dear God, to follow Christ with heart and mind, to engage well with the times in which we live … to be the salt of the earth, and the light of world …
Eternal God, we lift up the nation to you … in these moments of sorrow, that try the soul of the strongest, and bring tears to every heart …
O LORD our God,
~ I, as a minister of the Gospel, cannot abide with those who parade about with flag and Bible in one hand, and a gun in the other …
~ Help me, I pray, to take a firm and faithful look at Christ, to read the Scriptures with care and wisdom, to consider the ways of love, to measure well what is claimed by some, and offered by others … that I might walk with Christ, clearly, conscientiously … to seek the common good, shape my personal rights, form my life, by the needs and rights of others.
As a nation, O God, I pray:
Do not forgive us …
Do not let us off the hook …
Do not ease the pain of this moment …
Until we find the resolve to do what’s needed and right … until we can rise above cheap politics and empty piety, to find the heart and soul of America’s greatness, a nation devoted to liberty and justice for all.
This day, O LORD, we pray for our families and friends, those close to us, those for whom we care … grant healing and health as needed, hope and peace … prosperity and strength … safety and assurance.
Bless Westminster, dear God, in its journey unto a new day of mission, with new works of ministry … may we hold high the name of Christ, in season and out season, in the best of times, and the worst of times … in all times, and in every place, to be, unto your glory, the church where the Tower still stands.
In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray, saying:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
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