NEW LENT COURSE
Forever the same... sharing prayer through lent.>>GO
Jesus Forever the same
FRIENDSHIP - A NAMELESS WOMAN IN THE CROWD
You didn't know their names, Jesus
You didn't recognise their faces, Jesus
Yet you reached out to meet their every need
bread to eat
a healing touch
the look of friendship, forgiveness and love
Help us, Jesus
widen our friendship
to those whose names we do not know
to those whose faces we do not recognise
in a world of hunger
in a world of need.
You knew what hurt them, Jesus
the ache of broken relationships
the pain of violence and abuse
the fear of rejection
Yet you were not afraid, Jesus
to offer the hand of friendship
Help us, Jesus
widen our friendship
and stretch out our hand
in love and acceptance and support
to those who know only rejection.
You saw the barriers, Jesus
you felt the divisions, Jesus,
of faith and religion,
of culture and gender,
of politics and race
and you broke them down
Help us, Jesus,
extend your friendship
across the barriers that divide our world
and bring people together
in a spirit of love.
You were chosen, Jesus
God's Spirit was on you
to bring love to the poor
to set the burdened and battered free
May your spirit of friendship
so live in us
that people see in our lives
your friendship for them
and know
that you are Jesus forever the same.
back to top