1. August 2021

Christ came treading into our marketplaces, our temples, our homes – even into our private person – / Teaching in the temple / Preaching by the sea / Questioning religious customs / Breaking the ceremonial law / Righting injustices / Healing the sick / Being joyful in the company of friends / Calling the children / Chiding good church members / Caring for unimportant people / Seeking out the sinners. // Christ came humbling himself, / Came loving the poor, the hungry, the lonely. / Christ came loving – / This Lord of Life, / This living, loving Lord. // O Lord, open our eyes to see the Pharisee within us. / Open our ears that we might hear the prophecy / Of the possibility of change. / Open the church doors that we might follow / Our living, loving Lord / Out into the marketplace. / Amen.