Prayer on the Lenten Journey

Prayer on the Lenten Journey

We travel through
deserts and despair
As we focus on
How Christ was crucified,
And is crucified
In the world today.

We agree to make
This journey, this pilgrimage,
And to leave life as usual,
Business as usual,
To pay attention,
To be present
To pain and suffering.

The journey to the
Light of Easter
Can only go this way.
We choose to learn
This hard truth,
To accept the ashes,
To witness the darkness,
To walk the way of the Cross
As it happens in our world.

Let us journey together,
Open to the world
So we may be renewed
And help bring to all
The renewal Of Resurrection.

-by Jane Deren 2008
Education for Justice