NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 3/22

They're meeting in Washington, Lord,

and they're looking for a judge....

They seek a judge who knows the law, 

    inside out and upside down;

a judge who studies the law,

    in search of its rich wisdom;

a judge who understands the law

    and interprets it with equity;

a judge who respects the law

    and serves it with humility;

a judge who dispenses the law

    with consummate dispassion

        and true heartfelt compassion...

They're asking all kinds of questions, Lord,

because they're also looking for a judge

who thinks and speaks as they do,

who will decide and judge as they would...

 

I've found my judge, Lord:

    it's the judge who wrote the law

        and filled it with pure wisdom;

    it's the judge for whom the law

        is the word that speaks the truth;

    it's the judge whose law is love

        and who laid his life down for it;

    it's the judge who also serves

        as my advocate and counsel;

     it's the judge for whom the law

        is the measure of sweet mercy;

    it's the judge who uses law

        to heal, redeem and save  me;

    it's the judge for whom the law

        is perfected in forgiveness...

I've found my Judge, 

    and Lord, my judge is you!

But tonight I pray for judges all

    and for those who seek a new one: 

may the judge they find

    accept, reflect and respect your law

        and serve it in your name...

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep rest in your peace...

 

Amen. 

 

Psalm 19 by Michael Joncas

  

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