Waves @ AuldAlliance. DS is learning Ode to Joy (in England).
Our church put up a link to some prayers for this week and they made me cry. I am not even religious.
Saturday 1 February 2020
God of all nations and no nation,
as we begin to renegotiate treaties and agreements,
and reapportion funds both foreign and domestic,
help us reintroduce ourselves to our neighbours,
near and far – so we can truly meet the people we often talk about.
May the fences we put up and the fences we mend be good for leaning up against,
so we can chat and hear the news and share our separate stories.
And as the talk gets louder with added voices and concern,
May we hear the good news you proclaim of a nation for us all.
Amen.
Sunday 2 February
Jesus of Nazareth,
and Britain; and Ireland; and Europe;
and this small plot; this blessed plot;
this new era we are in:
bless us as we sort out where we are,
and who we are, and how we fit together.
After years of argument and anger,
cobbled coalitions and strange bedfellows,
we have separated ourselves in ways that feel more permanent.
Yet the distance between Westminster and Brussels remains 200 miles,
a train to London leaves Union street at Glasgow Central Station,
the flight from Belfast arrives at Heathrow in just over an hour,
and no one slows down between County Down and County Louth.
Our families and friendships stretch across borders and seas.
And we remain citizens of a boundless realm
where peacemakers are blessed,
the merciful are shown mercy,
and the divine response to human division is unconditional love.
Thank God.
Amen.
www.corrymeela.org/news/175/prayers-for-the-week-of?fbclid=IwAR33oDeWLqZ_W2rgMfCu1iK4_-ID5xBuypl3MMCnaKM2sigp0t8mSwxJicQ