LENTEN MOMENT

Words about remembering to do the right thing:

God hoped for justice,

But, behold, injustice

For equity,

But behold, iniquity!

Woe to those who add house to house

And join field to field,

Until there is room for none but you

To dwell in the land!

      – Isaiah 5: 7-8

O Lord,

      open my eyes that I may see the needs of 

            others;

      open my ears that I may hear their cries;

      open my heart so that they may not be 

            without succor;

     

      Let me not be afraid to defend the weak 

            because of the anger of the strong,

nor afraid to defend the poor because of the

            anger of the rich.

     

      Show me where love and hope and faith are 

            needed,

      And use me to bring them to those places.

     

      And so open my eyes and my ears

      that I may this coming day be able to do 

               some work of peace for thee.

  

      Amen.

             – Alan Paton