One thing that distinguishes a prophet is their ability to see, hear, and feel God’s movement all about them. They can see the “life-lines,” and Life-Light reverberating in the world around, as well as darkened and still places, much like Van Gogh showed us in the Starry Night on Sunday.
And so, let’s pray together for such holistic vision. We’ll use an adaption of St. Patrick’s prayer to help us.
We enter the work for which we are made...
Through the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.
Because Life Light is in Jesus, grant us the vision to know:
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of every person who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
In…Through…and For…Jesus, we live.
Amen.