Here’s
a prayer inspired by Luke 24:13-35, where Jesus meets the two disciples on the
road to Emmaus. It comes from the Church of Ireland website.
Emmaus Prayer
(inspired by Luke
24:13-35)
Risen
One,
like
those disciples on the road to Emmaus,
we
struggle to recognize you in the everyday journey of our lives.
We
seek your wisdom in the midst of the questions we have
about
the circumstances we find ourselves in—
circumstances
sometimes beyond our control,
but
often of our own making.
Open
our eyes, Light of the World,
to
your work of transformation in and around us.
As
we walk with you day by day,
may
your new life be made manifest in what we say to others.
Help
us to understand the power of our words to hurt or to heal;
give
us the graciousness to make all our conversations holy.
Just
as we desire that our speaking be holy,
may
our seeing be holy as well.
We
are bombarded with images everyday, O Christ,
that
shape our attitudes and behaviors.
As
you opened the scriptures to the disciples
and
taught them everything,
open
our eyes to behold you in your Word,
in
the beauty of nature,
the
beauty of another human being
and
the beauty of sacred art.
And
in our seeing,
help
us to recognize and welcome the stranger in our midst.
May
our welcome be a celebration of the gifts and graces
of
persons who are different from us
and
not merely some token tolerance of an outsider.
You
were known to the disciples in the breaking of the bread.
May
your resurrection presence guide us in the decisions we make
about
what we take into our bodies—
especially
what we eat and what we drink.
Help
us to understand our eating and drinking as sacred events,
not
to be abused or approached mindlessly.
So
often we forget, Holy One,
that
you invite us to abide with you;
to
have our lives hidden in you.
We
thank you that you travel with us in our joys and our concerns. Amen.
~
posted on The Church of Ireland website.
http://www.churchnewsireland.org/wp-content/uploads/Easter-3-.pdf
