Prayer of the Week 11.06.06

A Prayer of the Saints

We give thanks for
All the saints,
Signs of hope for us
In a time when hope is
Often difficult to discern.


We give thanks for
The communion of saints,
Our communities of faith
That support us
When we lag behind,
When we struggle to be present
To those who suffer,
When we let go
Of our neighbors’ hand.


We give thanks for
Our own call to sainthood,
That challenge of baptism,
That creative, disruptive grace,
That instinctive turning toward the human family.


We are images of each other,
We are a ruckus chorus
Announcing the kingdom of God:
Hear it and know
It calls us home.

Amen.

Jane Deren, Education for Justice
http://www.educatio nforjustice. org/bin/view. fpl/1069. html