Loveliness Prayer

Opening Prayer

 

God whose healing breaks through and blesses

tell us again about how the bud

“stands for all things,

Even for those things that don’t flower

for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;

though sometimes it is necessary

to reteach a thing its loveliness

to put a hand on its brow

of the flower

and retell it in words and in touch

it is lovely

until It flowers again from within,

of  self-blessing.”

 

Son of Man

lay your hands gently upon us

re-teach us our loveliness

retell us in words and touch

we are lovely

so we can become your blossoms of

of love and healing.

 

Lord of the Sabbath

lay your hands gently upon us

show us how to transgress

to live beyond borders and limits.

Remind us again how the Sabbath is not

for rest but for time with you

to grow into Oneness with your mission.

 

God of justice

lay your hands gently upon us

show us how to be your outreached hand

your broken body

your resurrected body

determined to resist all

that stands in the way of your love.

 

Confession

We ask for forgiveness for all the ways and times we have forgotten who you have made us to be.  Lay your hands upon us and remind us of our loveliness, our preciousness, your mercy and grace.

 

Assurance

Redeeming God, we thank you for your outstretched hand, your blessings upon us and your call to be a blessing to others.