On Sundays, Night Prayer takes its lead from some element of the day's liturgy. Today is the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ and my homily centered on the centrality of the breaking of bread in our lives as Christians...
In prayer with your people this morning, Lord,
we lifted up brokenness:
our physical brokenness,
our emotional brokenness,
our spiritual brokenness,
our individual and communal brokenness,
we lifted up brokenness:
our physical brokenness,
our emotional brokenness,
our spiritual brokenness,
our individual and communal brokenness,
the brokenness of our world...
We acknowledged
the sorry, splintered brokenness,
we bring to church each week
hoping, praying and trusting
that our sharing in the brokenness of Jesus
will bring us the healing, unity and wholeness
we so much desire, need and pray for...
the sorry, splintered brokenness,
we bring to church each week
hoping, praying and trusting
that our sharing in the brokenness of Jesus
will bring us the healing, unity and wholeness
we so much desire, need and pray for...
We took time, in the silence of our own hearts,
to remember our own brokenness,
to name our brokenness…
to confess our brokenness...
to lift up our brokenness…
to offer our brokenness
to YOU, Lord,
you who offered yourself
to be humbled and broken for us,
for our sakes…
to remember our own brokenness,
to name our brokenness…
to confess our brokenness...
to lift up our brokenness…
to offer our brokenness
to YOU, Lord,
you who offered yourself
to be humbled and broken for us,
for our sakes…
We prayed that in sharing your bread
your body would become one with ours
and bring healing for our broken hearts,
our broken memories,
our broken promises;
that our sharing in your brokenness
might mend and heal
our broken spirits and relationships,
that in your broken bread
we might find our broken hopes and dreams
restored, refreshed and renewed...
your body would become one with ours
and bring healing for our broken hearts,
our broken memories,
our broken promises;
that our sharing in your brokenness
might mend and heal
our broken spirits and relationships,
that in your broken bread
we might find our broken hopes and dreams
restored, refreshed and renewed...
And with heavy-burdened hearts, Lord,
we prayed for our broken world:
for the repairing of broken trust;
for recommitment to broken agreements;
for the rebuilding of cities and nations
broken by violence and war;
for the breaking down
of our greed for power;
for breaking apart all that divides us,
what sets us against one another,
making foes of friends and neighbors;
what distances us from you, O Lord,
and the peace you've brokered
in your dying and rising
to nourish us with the Bread and Cup
of your presence, your mercy and peace...
we prayed for our broken world:
for the repairing of broken trust;
for recommitment to broken agreements;
for the rebuilding of cities and nations
broken by violence and war;
for the breaking down
of our greed for power;
for breaking apart all that divides us,
what sets us against one another,
making foes of friends and neighbors;
what distances us from you, O Lord,
and the peace you've brokered
in your dying and rising
to nourish us with the Bread and Cup
of your presence, your mercy and peace...
Protect us, Lord while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Much of this Night Prayer
was drawn from my homily today.
One Bread, One Body by John Foley, SJ
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