Prayer of Reconciliation and Peace by Michele Birch-Conery, Bishop ARCWP Heart of Compassion International Faith Community, Windsor, ON (19 July 17)

(Before each call, a member of the faith community will ring chimes while the co-celebrant places a red rose petal on the table of worship.)

Michele Birch - Conery ARCWP

Call: From sexism and bigotry

Chant: Breathe through us, breath of God

Call: From heresy and inequality

Chant: Breathe through us

Call:  From rigid judgments and name-calling

Chant:  Like a pipe, like a flute, like a reed making melody

Call: From condescension and caste systems

Chant: The cosmic song in us, breath of God

Call: From brutal hierarchies and clericalism

Chant: Be still and know that I am God

Call: From exclusion and institutional blindness

Chant: Be still and know that I am

Call: From threats and prohibitions

Chant: Be still and know that I

Call: From righteousness and manipulation

Chant: Be still and know

Call: From ignorance and fear

Chant: Be still

Call: From misogyny and hostility

Chant: Be

Call: From deceit and lies

Chant: Dona nobis pacem, pacem

Call: From unjust wage structures

Chant: Dona nobis pacem

Call: From domination, alienation and subordination

Chant:  Breathe in us breath of God,

Breathe through us

Like a pipe, like a flute, like a reed

Making melody,

The cosmic song in us, breath of God.

All: Spirit present within and around us,

Holy Wisdom, Holy Creator, Holy Jesus the Christ

Holy Mystery, inspirit us always. 

Celebrant 1: Hold us as one in thisSacrament of Hope as we walk together toward wholeness and empowerment in living justly and compassionately.