When the lights are on
and the house is full
and laughter is easy and all is well... Behold I stand at the door and knock.
When the lights are low
and the house is still
and the talk is intense
and the air is full of wondering... Behold I stand at the door and knock.
When the lights are off
and the house is sad
and the voice troubled
and nothing seems right
Behold I stand at the door and knock.
And today,
Always today,
As if there were no other people,
No other house,
No other door...
Behold I stand at the door and knock
Come, Lord Jesus be out guest,
stay with us for the day is beginning/ending
with friend, with stranger,
with neighbour, and the well known ones, be among us tonight
For the doors of our house we open
And the doors of our hearts we leave ajar.
Song “The Lords my shepherd”
We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Psalm 54
God, for your sake, help me!
Use your influence to clear me.
Listen, God—I’m desperate.
Don’t be too busy to hear me.
3 Outlaws are out to get me,
hit men are trying to kill me.
Nothing will stop them;
God means nothing to them.
We pray for all those we know who need our help and prayers who we carry in our hearts today. For those who can’t afford fuel, food or housing, for those on strike, those suffering in the floods, heatwaves and fires, for the Ukraine and Russia, for Palestine and Gaza, Myanmar, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, the Rohingyas, the Uyghurs, Belarus, Iran, US, Afghanistan, for UK, for our own country, doctors and nurses, carers, teachers, those confronting injustice, and pressing issues of climate change, for the millions of refugees, our own families, friends and ourselves…Spirit of the Living God present with us now enter our bodies, minds and spirits and heal us of all that harms us. Let your angels be beside us at this time. Amen
Song “We cannot measure how you heal”
This is the day that God has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
I will not offer to God
Offerings that cost me nothing
I will go in Peace
To love and serve the Lord
Amen
Iona Community (c) adapted
