God, you are too human

Holy Week 2022

for you break in our choking grasp

and yet we are but dust in your hands

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God, you are too weak

Could you not stay alive one more hour?

And yet it is we who slumber when you call

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God, you are too simple

Could you not mount a proper defense?

And yet it is we who cry “I don’t know him”

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God, you are too humble

Could you not show yourself to power?

And yet it is we whose capitulation reveals all

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God, you are too close

in compassion, raw truthfulness, in suffering

And so it is we who flee, hiding our faces

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God, you are too broken

in bread and body, in cup overflowing with blood

And yet it is we who need to be filled, healed

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God have mercy

For we do not know what we do

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[This prayer may be freely used for worship with acknowledgement.]