Saturday, October 1, 2016

World Communion Sunday

Call to the Table



God of our grandmothers and mothers,
of Eve and Sarah, Miriam and Hanna,
Mary and Martha, Mother Mary and Mary
of Magdala, of Lois and Eunice
we come to your table today,
World Communion Sunday
in this season of repentance
   of leaves turning colors
  of pomegranates bursting with seeds
to celebrate your love poured out for us
our trust rekindled

You call us to stand
at your watchtowers
to wait for Your vision
You call us to put on our aprons
and serve You first

Lord of the open and expanding table
we come to give up
    our appetites for power
    our thirst for revenge
    our addictions to despair
    our shame about suffering
we come empty handed
hands out to receive You

Lord of the open and expanding table
we come to partake
of your body broken
your spirit living
   in this bread.
We come to drink
from the cup of blessing
your blood, your love
given for us

Lord of the Feast
we remember today
our ancestors in faith
our Jewish and Christian
grandfathers and fathers
our Jewish and Christian
grandmothers and mothers
we come to celebrate our heritage
the ties that bind us
  generation to generation
  one to each other

Lord of today and tomorrow
we live between memory and hope
for your kin-dom come
here on earth as it is in heaven
  feed us
  rekindle Your light in us
  to be your faithful servants
  your seeds of transformation


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