{"id":767,"date":"2006-03-11T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=767"},"modified":"2010-04-01T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T21:16:06","slug":"liturgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/liturgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Liturgy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Marian<\/a>
Marian Devotion | Photo by raymundopelayo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is from Jonny Baker’s blog. A great liturgy. <\/p>\n

Kind of hard to say when you get finished, just like singing “Blessed be the Name of the Lord<\/A>”<\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou spoke into darkness and chaos and then there was light;
\nYou imagined this earth in its complexity and beauty and called it into being
\nYou created humanity in your own image and gave us a home to live in
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/I><\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou walked with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego through the fiery furnace
\nYou shut the mouths of hungry lions and kept Daniel safe until morning
\nYou gave Hannah a family when she despaired of ever having a child
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/i><\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou changed water into wine so the wedding party could continue
\nYou calmed a storm and your disciples with words of quiet authority
\nYou transformed a boy’s picnic into a meal for a multitude with plenty left over
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/i><\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou healed a woman from 12 years of bleeding and rejection
\nYou asked Bartimaeus what he wanted and then restored his sight
\nYou watched a paralysed man being lowered through the roof and helped him to his feet
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/I><\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou called Lazarus from the tomb and restored him to life
\nYou walked past the mourners at Jairus’ house and gave his daughter back to him
\nYou suffered a horrendous crucifixion in order to defeat sin and death and give us life
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/I><\/p>\n

Lord God,
\nYou told your disciples that they would do greater things than you had done
\nWe hear and read stories of miracles in our world – of you healing the sick,
\nsetting prisoners free, releasing drug addicts from their addiction,
\nproviding the right amount of money at just the right time
\nWe believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/I><\/p>\n

And yet, Lord, we don’t see many miracles happening around us
\nWe have friends with cancer, and we pray, and they are not healed
\nWe have friends who long for children, and we pray, and they do not conceive
\nOur doubt is mixed with faith
\nOur trust is accompanied by questions
\nWe acknowledge the mystery of faith and prayer, and the ways in which they are connected
\nWe acknowledge that you often do things differently to the way we would do them
\nWe long to know you better, to understand more of your ways
\nAnd we believe you can do miracles
\nBut even if you don’t, you are still God<\/I><\/p>\n

Lord we believe.
\nHelp our unbelief<\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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