I Will Raise Them Up

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.’ He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. John 6:52-59

Loving Creator of all life

we are made in your image

you give all creatures your heart

and lift us up on eagle's wings.

We are slow with feet of clay

we are thick with hearts of stone

we are weary from all the loss

draw near and lift us up we pray.

You shared love with everyone

yet some doubted and ridiculed

some were terrified by your flesh

and others believed and soared again.

Raise us up, O Savior of the world

lift our flagging earthbound faith

renew our hearts for compassion

so that we might share your joy today. Amen