In our daily prayers God was every manner of image and metaphor and meaning, and always, "God the Father." We never ever prayed to "God our Mother." What were women in the economy of God? The answer was only too painful: We were invisible. I had given my life to a God who did not see me, did not include me, did not touch my nature with God's own....Joan Chittister, "Called to Question"

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Living the Baptism of Christ, a prayer















Holy God, before time you named us
Through time you redeem us
You call us, precious in your sight
May we love as you love.

Holy One, through the turbulent waters
Make us steady, your hands
Holding strong the fragile and weak
May we love as you love.

Gracious God, may the fruits of our lives
be food for the hungry, bread
clothing, shelter, fire, water, Word
May we love as you love.

God of justice, remove the chaff
Of our lives that keep us from
Hearing, following, Your call
May we love as you love.

Loving God, take this day our fears our
Worries, distractions, and all
Turn them into wheat, heart food
May we love as you love.

Amen.


By The Rev. Terri C. Pilarski

Crossposted on RevGalBlogPal blog, RevGalPrayerPal blog, and SeekingAuthenticVoice blog

Photo from the collection of Terri Pilarski: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and The Rev. Terri C. Pilarski holding her God-daughter Zoe Repp

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