Rooster Crowing

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before all of them, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” Again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.” After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment the cock crowed. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly. Matthew 26:69-75 

Rooster Crowing

Dear Creator of the whole earth
you gave voice to the many birds
the roosters crows to welcome morning
the creatures move and sing in the day.

Our days have run together now
the pandemic has caused us to be lost
we wander around and whine at times
yet you are still the Creator of all.

You have given us voice and song
we have not used ours to protect
we have sung your praises for fear
we are hiding our light and our love.

Help us to hear the rooster crowing
Call us to proclaim your love
remind us that dawn is breaking
and we must rise up for service. Amen