Prayers of Anguish
The suffering of Christ
is the suffering of all people,
the suffering of all creation.
(Palm Sunday, Liturgy of the Passion Year C)
The suffering of Christ
is the suffering of all people,
the suffering of all creation.
(Palm Sunday, Liturgy of the Passion Year C)
Are you giving anything up for lent? Or perhaps taking up something new? Millions do, and this is the why, what, when and really?
We are here Lord:
the young and the old, rich and poor,
the wise and the foolish, healthy and infirm.
(Palm Sunday Year C)
We are your unlikely body on earth;
so give us the strength to help others move on
from the yesterdays that bind them
(Fifth Sunday in Lent Year C)
We’re coming home Lord,
From the dreams of last night and the tangled thoughts of today.
(Fourth Sunday in Lent Year C)
Give us a second chance, Lord, to do those things today that we should have done yesterday; to say those things we should have said yesterday.
(Third Sunday in Lent Year C)
When we stop being tempted by illusions of lives that are more sparkly
we can look around and see those who are in need here and now.
(First Sunday in Lent Year C)
When is Easter this year? Or next year? Why does it move about apparently randomly? Oh, and what about Lent, Ascension, Pentecost…