One: My friends we live in a broken world, aching from the wounds in our lives, communities, country, and the whole inhabited earth.
We meet the abundance of your creation with exploitation and deprivation;
We meet the peace that passes all understanding with war and violence;
We meet the love that knows no borders with exclusion and hate;
We meet your boundless grace with judgment and revenge.
All :
In the presence of your peace,
in the confidence of your love,
we confess our failings and wrongs,
turning from that which harms ourselves,
our neighbours, and you.
One: Meet us in our brokenness, loving God
All: And journey with us on the path to healing and hope.
Jennifer Henry