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‘I am among you as one who Serves’

~ Luke 22:27 ~

Prayer for Reflection

Lord Jesus,

all my intuition tells me that I, like Peter, don’t want you to wash my feet;

I would rather wash yours.

Like Martha, I would feel happier doing something for you;

than think of you doing something for me.

But how can I know how to serve

unless I have been served?

How can I know how to love

unless I have been shown love?

How can I share the Gospel

unless I have let you tell me what it is all about?

Prayer on Today’s Theme

A blessing today on the servants.

A blessing on those who cook and clean, and clear up, and change babies, and wash clothes, and make tea, and sing whiles.

A blessing on those who tend ungrateful relatives, and listen to bores,

and re-mend what has been torn again, and repeat the wisdom

which one day their children will remember and cherish.

A blessing today on all your domestic servants, Lord, who go down on their knees in the company of Jesus.

Bless to me the thing

on which is set my mind,

bless to me the thing

on which is set my love,

bless to me the thing

on which is set my hope;

O thou King of kings,

bless thou to me mine eye.

~ Gaelic Traditional ~