Sunday Prayer (Easter 7C with Ascension)

If you're willing to tolerate the 80s song reference, O LORD, I would pray:

Love, lift us up.

Lift us up to be with you,

for we are longing for the reassurance

of your presence in our lives.

Lift us up to be with you,

because we need the courage

to live boldly as your witnesses.

Love, lift us up to be with you,

because the world is dying for your wisdom

to bring about reconciliation in the world.

Lift us up to be with you,

for the markets claw at our souls

and the powers-that-be threaten us into despair.

Lift us up to be with you,

where fire and lightening burst with praise

and Light chases the shadows into submission.

Holy Love, lift us up!