Prayers for Holy Week: Monday

Monday April 6 2020

From the Rev Roddy Hamilton, minister of New Kilpatrick Parish Church, Bearsden

Based on John 12 1:11

What must we give, O God,
in this week of giving all?
What must we give of ourselves
to meet you on the road:

for a man who gets himself killed
in the name of love,
who feels death on the way,
who knows when love is not wanted,
what must we give, O God,
in this week of giving all?

And how much more we play with such questions, O God,
in a world insecure
and anxious
a sense of limits everywhere
on our freedom isolated
and generosity checked.

And in the long shadow
stretching from that first Holy Monday,
finding ourselves caught between 
Mary’s extravagant perfume,
and Judas’ cynical questioning,
may we give
rather than hoard,
offer our honesty
rather than present doctrine,
seek beneficence
rather than self-benefit,
and trust that unselfish act
that moves us beyond ourselves,
and meets you
at the feet of your generosity.

Amen