A Prayer for Friday, December 23, 2011

“Let Us Be Going”

Let us be going, O Lord.

Let us be going, O Lord, to face what we must face as your followers.

Let us be going, O Lord, to drink the cup that we must drink as your followers.

Let us be going, O Lord, to face the opposition we must face as your followers.

Let us be going, O Lord, to live in your difficult and wonderful will as your followers.

Let us be going, O Lord, to grow into the kind of following that we should practice as your followers.

Let us be going, O Lord.

Amen.

“Again he went away for the second time and prayed, ‘My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.’ Again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. Then he came to the disciples and said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand.’” (Matthew 26:42-46)