Monday 11th April
Call to Worship
God delights in his chosen One.
Jesus Christ will bring justice to the nations
God’s chosen one does not cry out or lift his voice,
he does not bruise creation,
or put out life’s light.
Jesus Christ works faithfully for justice.
God, who is creator of all,
who gives breath and life and energy,
leads his people to be a light to the nations.
Jesus Christ reveals to needs of the world.
Based on Isaiah 42: 1-9
Prayer
From the noise and cheer of Palm Sunday,
You, God of life,
draw us into the full expression of humanity,
and lead us to stand in the face of anger.
On the Monday of Holy Week
You bring us back to our Temple,
a space where Your story wraps around us
in the experiences we have shared with others here.
You bring us to an ancient Temple
where the experiences of faithful worship
shaped the life of a community.
You bring us to face the tension of Your kingdom
and our world.
Tonight we recognise those moments
when we have thought we held all the answers,
and been unwilling to listen to the wisdom of others;
when we have not valued the stories of another’s life
and trumped them with our own;
when we have felt belittled and unvalued
and so withdrawn into ourselves
and kept our talents for ourselves.
Spirit of God,
embodied in Christ’s life
and in our actions,
You seek out the parts that we hide from each other
declaring vulnerability strength.
We come to be bold in Christ’s name,
and to recognise the tables
that still need to be overturned.
Amen.
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