05-12-25

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
May 12, 2025
Prayer for the Week:
For the capacity to forgive 
  we seek your Holy Resilience
    Forgiveness— 
      not to forget 
      not to give the impression 
        that the wrong was right 
      not to do what we were told to do
  we seek the capacity to forgive 
    to share in the work 
      of healing and redemption, 
        starting with our own need 
          to heal and find redemption
When we’ve been hurt--
  betrayed - left to suffer - scapegoated
    we feel the hopelessness of the tomb
    we become consumed by the injury
    we perceive no way forward
Yet you have given us forgiveness
  shown us the power of forgiveness 
  demonstrated forgiveness
    and though the path forward 
      might appear impossible 
        you promise 
          to walk along the way 
          to love us along the way 
          to help make a way
Thank you! 
  Even when we are not ready
    to offer forgiveness
  Even when the hurt 
    is just too much
  Even when the anger 
    is too real
Thank you 
  for meeting us where we are
Amen