The Hour Has Come

After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.” John 17:1-8

Wondrous Creator, author of time and space

you taught us how to walk a righteous path

you gave us companions and elders to teach

your holy ways of honor and compassion.

We enter a Lenten time of introspection

a winter time waiting for new birth

yet you have molded us and shown us

the tools we need to restore the garden.

We have too often chosen our selves

we think our only what pleases us now

yet there is never a time we will be whole

without lifting up all life and relations.

Renew us with your wisdom so we can serve

empower us with compassion so we can see

restore our faith so we might follow you today

spreading your love and promise to all. Amen