Here’s
a prayer of confession for Proper 27C from The Rev. Catherine Rolling. It was posted on the United Church of Christ website.
Prayer
of Confession
O
God, we long to rest in you,
to
trust in your goodness, in your care for us,
in
your abundant life.
But
we don’t know how to rest
And
we have forgotten how to trust:
We
seek material goods that we don’t really need.
We
befriend people not always out of love.
We
ask questions of you like the Sadducees did of Jesus,
questions
that try only to prove our point,
not
to grow in understanding of your desires for us.
Slow
us down, Holy One.
Attend
to us, Holy One,
And
show us that you are our salvation and our resting place.
Silent
confession.....
Assurance
of Pardon
God
is God of the living.
The
Holy One will make a place for you
that
is full of life and love,
forgiveness
and humility,
kindness
and justice.
Your
belonging to God is your salvation.
You
may rest in that truth.
~
from Hold on to Faith: Service Prayers for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after
Pentecost, written by The Rev. Catherine Rolling. Posted on the Worship Ways page of the United
Church of Christ website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/
