Litany for 20 February 2011

Call to Celebration:

L: Lead us in the path of your commandments, for it is not always easy, God.

P: You ask that we love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us,

L: That we leave grapes in our vineyards for the needy and the foreigner.

P: That we give to people who beg from us and not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from us.

L: This is hard, God, and so we pray: Turn our hearts to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.

All: Give us understanding, that we may keep your law and observe it with our whole heart.

                           Psalm 119:34-36 and Matthew 5:42-44
                                             Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates