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| Magi ornament - Olive wood |
On Epiphany Day, we
are still the people walking. We are still people in the dark, and the darkness
looms large around us, beset as we are by fear, anxiety, brutality, violence,
loss—a dozen alienations that we cannot manage.
We are—we could
be—people of Your light.
So, we pray for the
light of Your glorious presence as we wait for Your appearing; we pray for the
light of Your wondrous grace as we exhaust our coping capacity; we pray for
Your gift of newness that will override our weariness; we pray that we may see
and know and hear and trust in Your good rule. That we may have energy,
courage, and freedom to enact Your rule through the demands of this day. We
submit our day to You and to Your rule, with deep joy and high hope.
Walter Brueggemann, Prayers for a Privileged People. Nashville: Abingdon, 2008, p. 163. Posted on Journeywith Jesus.
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