repentance
tables that need overturning
Christ Driving the Money Changers out of the Temple, by Valentin de Boulogne, via Wikimedia Commons
bring about reconciliation
The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, Rubens 1620’s, via Wikimedia Commons
prayer for ISIS
you forgive me
St Peter Repentant, by Francisco Goya, c.1824
prayer for Orlando
to seek things heavenly
my burdened soul
Christian Reading in His Book, by William Blake
pilgrimage of repentance
troubled but uplifted
O Lord, our King, and our Saviour!
Let us celebrate this festival without false ideas,
but with our hearts open to receive
your Word,
your promise,
your commandment.
Our grumbles and doubts,
our errors and mistakes,
our stubbornness and defiance,
should trouble us even during these days of joy,
because they trouble you.