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March 8, 2017Lent and Clutter
March 14, 2017Like many people, I am worried about what is happening to my immigrant and refugee broters and sisters. As a Christian, fasting in prayer and reparation seems an appropriate response.
I am inviting people to participate in a fast on the Fridays of Lent in reparation for what is happening and in intercession for what will happen. How you choose to participate is up to you. You can fast on bread and water, limit your calories, eat a diet typical of refugees (typically porridge or rice and beans). You make the choice and monitor your own participation. No one will check up on you. You may wish to donate the money you would have spent on food to an agency that serves immigrants and refugees.
Each week, I will prepare a brief prayer that you might use either before your fasting meal or at another time during the day.
Here's the prayer for March 10th:
I repent for my waste of the earth’s resources when so many do without.
Read Mark 12:41-44
Pray Psalm 32
Litany:
For the times I have acquired things I do not need out of boredom or envy: Kyrie, eleison. Lord, have mercy.
For the times I have wasted food through carelessness or gluttony: Kyrie, eleison. Lord, have mercy.
For the times I have been too busy or too lazy to use less, to recycle, and to make do with what I have: Kyrie, eleison. Lord, have mercy.
Our Father…
Creator God, you have given us this world and its resources. It meets our needs and gives us comfort and pleasure. Make us good stewards of the resources entrusted to us so that all may have enough and we may preserve creation for future generations.