Allahu Akbar…
We give thanks to Adonai for his faithfulness…
We come to God the Father, in the name of the Son and through the power of the
Spirit.
Our hearts are heavy with grief, confusion, anger and worry.
We don’t know enough, yet maybe we know enough to pray:
Kyrie Eleison – Lord have mercy.
Gracious God, your Son walked in this land, attended weddings and funerals, confronted discrimination and experienced religious bigotry.
Our own government, through a treaty, divided up this land. A British plan that gave one nation a home
and made another nation bereaved to have lost so much.
Through the urgings of the old and the energy of the young Hamas took up arms
and as October dawned, we witnessed a new and terrible pogrom.
Slaughter…
Some on the border who lived there deliberately to foster peace and
reconciliation, who literally and metaphorically flew kites of hope, were the
first to be cut down.
Did they have to die?
O Lord we lament and call out to you with tears…so many have died and we
hang our heads and pray..
Kyrie Eleison – Lord have mercy.
How do we respond? An eye for an
eye? Evacuation? More deaths? A
Presidential visit.
We listen to thoughtful politicians; we tune in to gracious rabbis and peace
loving Imams and our heads swirl…
So many words, all grasping for truth and hope yet all spoken with sadness and
fear.
And so we are still…silent before you…
Yet we know we must not stop praying, and longing, and hoping for peace with
justice.
So, we turn to you…whether we call you…
Allah
Yahweh
Or a Trinity of Creator, Redeemer and Sustainor.
And we pray one more, even a thousand times…
Kyrie Eleison – Lord have mercy.
The Blog returns on Friday 3rd November 2023
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