2015 Lenten Prayer Book: 1

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40 days, comfort, community, fasting, God, God's presence, guidance, journey, loving presence, needs, personal journeys, pilgrims, prayer, Repentance, searching, solitude

God of personal journeys and of communities

Present Presence of this day

To you I offer prayer

 

I call to mind the times when you have seemed so distant

But I also remember when I so keenly felt your comforting, guiding, loving Spirit

 

And I commit myself today to this season of prayer and purpose,

Of repentance and fasting and searching.

I join other Christian pilgrims, God,

And acknowledge that I do not journey alone

 

I search and pray within a community as much as I search and pray in solitude

I move through my daily endeavors, not alone, but with you ever before me

Even when I am unaware

 

God, I long to be aware—

Aware of your loving presence,

Of the needs I encounter, and the ways I can help

Of the stumbling blocks before me, and your guidance and strength

 

Please guide me during this season of Lent

Please guide fellow seekers and active participants

During the 40+ days that follow

 

O God of personal journeys and communities

Present Presence of this holy day

I am grateful, and pray this in your name

 

Amen