Sunday 11 August 2019

of hope and conviction: two

Praying with 'the Hebrews'. Suite for Year C portions of the letter. 

Hebrews 11:29–12:2 

we see you, Jesus,
Christ crucified and risen;
we see you, Jesus, 
teacher of hope and conviction;
we see you, Jesus,
chooser of joy and love;
we see you, Jesus,
showing us Holy One, again. 

for in our story we have also seen
Rahab the rescuer, rescued;
Daniel who shut the mouths of lions,
and David conquerer of kingdoms,
men who sang praise to Holy One. 

we see the Holy One we know in Jesus
in the tortured and mocked,
the just and wise,
the courageous, the faithful,
the ones to whom new life was promised
in our long, long story. 

and so we stand,
with the crowd that has ever
borne witness and we bear witness
in hope and with conviction,
to you, our Holy One: 
and in us, 
may you be seen. 
Amen. 

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