Bill Braviner
@billbraviner.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Priest, Archdeacon of Halifax, Theologian, Anglican, drummer, ex-American Footballer, a voice on the Daily Prayer app. Views & opinions mine.
#MorningPrayer
Grant us, Lord,
the wisdom and courage
to meet injustice
not with a desire
for revenge and retribution,
but with the strength
to expose it, name it,
and shame it.
Guide us not to play evil
at its own game,
but to show to all the way
of your justice, peace and love.
Grant us, Lord,
the wisdom and courage
to meet injustice
not with a desire
for revenge and retribution,
but with the strength
to expose it, name it,
and shame it.
Guide us not to play evil
at its own game,
but to show to all the way
of your justice, peace and love.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
#MorningPrayer
Grant us, Lord,
the wisdom and courage
to meet injustice
not with a desire
for revenge and retribution,
but with the strength
to expose it, name it,
and shame it.
Guide us not to play evil
at its own game,
but to show to all the way
of your justice, peace and love.
Grant us, Lord,
the wisdom and courage
to meet injustice
not with a desire
for revenge and retribution,
but with the strength
to expose it, name it,
and shame it.
Guide us not to play evil
at its own game,
but to show to all the way
of your justice, peace and love.
#MorningPrayer
Keep us, Lord,
from pretending
that our discipleship
is a matter simply
of keeping the rules,
doing our duty,
ticking the boxes
on a heavenly appraisal form.
Inspire us instead to live
from the motivation of love,
to offer all that we are
in revealing your kingdom.
Keep us, Lord,
from pretending
that our discipleship
is a matter simply
of keeping the rules,
doing our duty,
ticking the boxes
on a heavenly appraisal form.
Inspire us instead to live
from the motivation of love,
to offer all that we are
in revealing your kingdom.
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#MorningPrayer
Keep us, Lord,
from pretending
that our discipleship
is a matter simply
of keeping the rules,
doing our duty,
ticking the boxes
on a heavenly appraisal form.
Inspire us instead to live
from the motivation of love,
to offer all that we are
in revealing your kingdom.
Keep us, Lord,
from pretending
that our discipleship
is a matter simply
of keeping the rules,
doing our duty,
ticking the boxes
on a heavenly appraisal form.
Inspire us instead to live
from the motivation of love,
to offer all that we are
in revealing your kingdom.
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
you call us to be salt;
not to be hoarded
for our own benefit,
but spread abroad
to be the savour of life
in love, peace and justice.
You call us to be light;
not to be hidden,
but to illuminate the world
with the light of your kingdom,
drawing hearts to you.
Lord,
you call us to be salt;
not to be hoarded
for our own benefit,
but spread abroad
to be the savour of life
in love, peace and justice.
You call us to be light;
not to be hidden,
but to illuminate the world
with the light of your kingdom,
drawing hearts to you.
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
you call us to be salt;
not to be hoarded
for our own benefit,
but spread abroad
to be the savour of life
in love, peace and justice.
You call us to be light;
not to be hidden,
but to illuminate the world
with the light of your kingdom,
drawing hearts to you.
Lord,
you call us to be salt;
not to be hoarded
for our own benefit,
but spread abroad
to be the savour of life
in love, peace and justice.
You call us to be light;
not to be hidden,
but to illuminate the world
with the light of your kingdom,
drawing hearts to you.
#MorningPrayer
Bless us, Lord, with a spirit
that serves not our ego and image,
but the way of your love.
Inspire us to mourn
the injustice and inequity
of the world;
to harness our abilities
to the work of your kingdom.
Enable and encourage us
to be makers and builders
of peace.
Bless us, Lord, with a spirit
that serves not our ego and image,
but the way of your love.
Inspire us to mourn
the injustice and inequity
of the world;
to harness our abilities
to the work of your kingdom.
Enable and encourage us
to be makers and builders
of peace.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#MorningPrayer
Bless us, Lord, with a spirit
that serves not our ego and image,
but the way of your love.
Inspire us to mourn
the injustice and inequity
of the world;
to harness our abilities
to the work of your kingdom.
Enable and encourage us
to be makers and builders
of peace.
Bless us, Lord, with a spirit
that serves not our ego and image,
but the way of your love.
Inspire us to mourn
the injustice and inequity
of the world;
to harness our abilities
to the work of your kingdom.
Enable and encourage us
to be makers and builders
of peace.
#MorningPrayer
#RemembranceSunday
Lord, as we remember today
all those who gave their lives
in the service of others,
grant us courage
to honour their memory,
by giving our lives
in our building of
peace and harmony,
in striving for justice for all,
in shining your light of hope.
#RemembranceSunday
Lord, as we remember today
all those who gave their lives
in the service of others,
grant us courage
to honour their memory,
by giving our lives
in our building of
peace and harmony,
in striving for justice for all,
in shining your light of hope.
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#MorningPrayer
#RemembranceSunday
Lord, as we remember today
all those who gave their lives
in the service of others,
grant us courage
to honour their memory,
by giving our lives
in our building of
peace and harmony,
in striving for justice for all,
in shining your light of hope.
#RemembranceSunday
Lord, as we remember today
all those who gave their lives
in the service of others,
grant us courage
to honour their memory,
by giving our lives
in our building of
peace and harmony,
in striving for justice for all,
in shining your light of hope.
#MorningPrayer
You see in us, Lord,
not only what we are,
but also our potential;
you see who we are
created to be,
and you call us
to step into the story
you are writing with us,
into the opportunities
and challenges
you set before us,
into the love
and the life
you offer
to us.
You see in us, Lord,
not only what we are,
but also our potential;
you see who we are
created to be,
and you call us
to step into the story
you are writing with us,
into the opportunities
and challenges
you set before us,
into the love
and the life
you offer
to us.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#MorningPrayer
You see in us, Lord,
not only what we are,
but also our potential;
you see who we are
created to be,
and you call us
to step into the story
you are writing with us,
into the opportunities
and challenges
you set before us,
into the love
and the life
you offer
to us.
You see in us, Lord,
not only what we are,
but also our potential;
you see who we are
created to be,
and you call us
to step into the story
you are writing with us,
into the opportunities
and challenges
you set before us,
into the love
and the life
you offer
to us.
#MorningPrayer
Lord, strengthen us
and defend us
from the temptations
that seek to divert us
from your way;
temptations of
self-service and self-image,
expressed through
possessions, pride, and power;
inspire us rather
to love and serve
you and our neighbour
with all that we are.
Lord, strengthen us
and defend us
from the temptations
that seek to divert us
from your way;
temptations of
self-service and self-image,
expressed through
possessions, pride, and power;
inspire us rather
to love and serve
you and our neighbour
with all that we are.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord, strengthen us
and defend us
from the temptations
that seek to divert us
from your way;
temptations of
self-service and self-image,
expressed through
possessions, pride, and power;
inspire us rather
to love and serve
you and our neighbour
with all that we are.
Lord, strengthen us
and defend us
from the temptations
that seek to divert us
from your way;
temptations of
self-service and self-image,
expressed through
possessions, pride, and power;
inspire us rather
to love and serve
you and our neighbour
with all that we are.
#MorningPrayer
Guide us and steer us, Lord,
as we seek to prepare your way
in the hearts of our
communities and nations,
encouraging one another
in your way.
Give us hearts
of penitence and faith,
and a passion
for justice and peace,
that we may reveal
your kingdom
and your love.
Guide us and steer us, Lord,
as we seek to prepare your way
in the hearts of our
communities and nations,
encouraging one another
in your way.
Give us hearts
of penitence and faith,
and a passion
for justice and peace,
that we may reveal
your kingdom
and your love.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#MorningPrayer
Guide us and steer us, Lord,
as we seek to prepare your way
in the hearts of our
communities and nations,
encouraging one another
in your way.
Give us hearts
of penitence and faith,
and a passion
for justice and peace,
that we may reveal
your kingdom
and your love.
Guide us and steer us, Lord,
as we seek to prepare your way
in the hearts of our
communities and nations,
encouraging one another
in your way.
Give us hearts
of penitence and faith,
and a passion
for justice and peace,
that we may reveal
your kingdom
and your love.
#MorningPrayer
Save us, Lord,
from the pride
and passion for power
that pervades our world;
from the tantrums of those
who trump their own ego,
and the temptation
to do that ourselves.
Help us always
to show your love
to those in need,
for you were a refugee
in the land of Egypt.
Save us, Lord,
from the pride
and passion for power
that pervades our world;
from the tantrums of those
who trump their own ego,
and the temptation
to do that ourselves.
Help us always
to show your love
to those in need,
for you were a refugee
in the land of Egypt.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#MorningPrayer
Save us, Lord,
from the pride
and passion for power
that pervades our world;
from the tantrums of those
who trump their own ego,
and the temptation
to do that ourselves.
Help us always
to show your love
to those in need,
for you were a refugee
in the land of Egypt.
Save us, Lord,
from the pride
and passion for power
that pervades our world;
from the tantrums of those
who trump their own ego,
and the temptation
to do that ourselves.
Help us always
to show your love
to those in need,
for you were a refugee
in the land of Egypt.
#MorningPrayer
You surround us, Lord,
with signs of your kingdom;
signs of hope, and peace,
signs of justice, and mercy,
signs of your call and challenge
to pursue the way of your love.
Help us to follow
in the way that you lead,
not to be diverted
by the calls of hate and fear.
You surround us, Lord,
with signs of your kingdom;
signs of hope, and peace,
signs of justice, and mercy,
signs of your call and challenge
to pursue the way of your love.
Help us to follow
in the way that you lead,
not to be diverted
by the calls of hate and fear.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#MorningPrayer
You surround us, Lord,
with signs of your kingdom;
signs of hope, and peace,
signs of justice, and mercy,
signs of your call and challenge
to pursue the way of your love.
Help us to follow
in the way that you lead,
not to be diverted
by the calls of hate and fear.
You surround us, Lord,
with signs of your kingdom;
signs of hope, and peace,
signs of justice, and mercy,
signs of your call and challenge
to pursue the way of your love.
Help us to follow
in the way that you lead,
not to be diverted
by the calls of hate and fear.
#MorningPrayer
Lord, when we face
a decision or a dilemma,
help us to rely not only
on our own perspectives,
on the pressures from our peers,
or on the norms of our culture;
help us instead to listen
for your guidance and wisdom,
that we may be led by you
in the way of your love.
Lord, when we face
a decision or a dilemma,
help us to rely not only
on our own perspectives,
on the pressures from our peers,
or on the norms of our culture;
help us instead to listen
for your guidance and wisdom,
that we may be led by you
in the way of your love.
November 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord, when we face
a decision or a dilemma,
help us to rely not only
on our own perspectives,
on the pressures from our peers,
or on the norms of our culture;
help us instead to listen
for your guidance and wisdom,
that we may be led by you
in the way of your love.
Lord, when we face
a decision or a dilemma,
help us to rely not only
on our own perspectives,
on the pressures from our peers,
or on the norms of our culture;
help us instead to listen
for your guidance and wisdom,
that we may be led by you
in the way of your love.
#MorningPrayer
Lord, we are your saints,
disciples drawn from
every tribe and language,
every nation and place.
Help us to serve you in prayer
and in action and fellowship,
with sisters and brothers
from near and far
in the diversity and wholeness
of the church you call us to be.
Lord, we are your saints,
disciples drawn from
every tribe and language,
every nation and place.
Help us to serve you in prayer
and in action and fellowship,
with sisters and brothers
from near and far
in the diversity and wholeness
of the church you call us to be.
November 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord, we are your saints,
disciples drawn from
every tribe and language,
every nation and place.
Help us to serve you in prayer
and in action and fellowship,
with sisters and brothers
from near and far
in the diversity and wholeness
of the church you call us to be.
Lord, we are your saints,
disciples drawn from
every tribe and language,
every nation and place.
Help us to serve you in prayer
and in action and fellowship,
with sisters and brothers
from near and far
in the diversity and wholeness
of the church you call us to be.
#MorningPrayer
You call us to walk with you, Lord,
offering to us love and life,
mercy and peace.
You journey with us
by the gift of your Holy Spirit,
offering your wisdom,
guidance and leadership
into the decisions and choices
we must make.
Help us take every step
in your grace.
You call us to walk with you, Lord,
offering to us love and life,
mercy and peace.
You journey with us
by the gift of your Holy Spirit,
offering your wisdom,
guidance and leadership
into the decisions and choices
we must make.
Help us take every step
in your grace.
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#MorningPrayer
You call us to walk with you, Lord,
offering to us love and life,
mercy and peace.
You journey with us
by the gift of your Holy Spirit,
offering your wisdom,
guidance and leadership
into the decisions and choices
we must make.
Help us take every step
in your grace.
You call us to walk with you, Lord,
offering to us love and life,
mercy and peace.
You journey with us
by the gift of your Holy Spirit,
offering your wisdom,
guidance and leadership
into the decisions and choices
we must make.
Help us take every step
in your grace.
#MorningPrayer
In your great love for us, Lord,
you emptied yourself and became
Emmanuel, God-with-us,
living a life of love in action,
that you may lead us to embrace
the life of your kingdom,
and become more and more like you
as we journey on with you.
Keep us true to your way.
In your great love for us, Lord,
you emptied yourself and became
Emmanuel, God-with-us,
living a life of love in action,
that you may lead us to embrace
the life of your kingdom,
and become more and more like you
as we journey on with you.
Keep us true to your way.
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#MorningPrayer
In your great love for us, Lord,
you emptied yourself and became
Emmanuel, God-with-us,
living a life of love in action,
that you may lead us to embrace
the life of your kingdom,
and become more and more like you
as we journey on with you.
Keep us true to your way.
In your great love for us, Lord,
you emptied yourself and became
Emmanuel, God-with-us,
living a life of love in action,
that you may lead us to embrace
the life of your kingdom,
and become more and more like you
as we journey on with you.
Keep us true to your way.
#MorningPrayer
You call us, Lord,
to love one another
as you love us;
and yet we deny that love
in our human egotism.
Warm our hearts,
with the breath of your Spirit
and the wind of your grace,
that we may truly love you
with all that we are,
and love our neighbour
as ourselves.
You call us, Lord,
to love one another
as you love us;
and yet we deny that love
in our human egotism.
Warm our hearts,
with the breath of your Spirit
and the wind of your grace,
that we may truly love you
with all that we are,
and love our neighbour
as ourselves.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#MorningPrayer
You call us, Lord,
to love one another
as you love us;
and yet we deny that love
in our human egotism.
Warm our hearts,
with the breath of your Spirit
and the wind of your grace,
that we may truly love you
with all that we are,
and love our neighbour
as ourselves.
You call us, Lord,
to love one another
as you love us;
and yet we deny that love
in our human egotism.
Warm our hearts,
with the breath of your Spirit
and the wind of your grace,
that we may truly love you
with all that we are,
and love our neighbour
as ourselves.
Reposted by Bill Braviner
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
#MorningPrayer
Lord Jesus,
you share your bread with us,
yet we betray your love
in so many of our attitudes,
actions and aspirations.
In your love, you offer us
forgiveness, mercy,
healing and peace,
and welcome us back
to your table.
Draw us close;
mould us to be
more faithful.
Lord Jesus,
you share your bread with us,
yet we betray your love
in so many of our attitudes,
actions and aspirations.
In your love, you offer us
forgiveness, mercy,
healing and peace,
and welcome us back
to your table.
Draw us close;
mould us to be
more faithful.
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord Jesus,
you share your bread with us,
yet we betray your love
in so many of our attitudes,
actions and aspirations.
In your love, you offer us
forgiveness, mercy,
healing and peace,
and welcome us back
to your table.
Draw us close;
mould us to be
more faithful.
Lord Jesus,
you share your bread with us,
yet we betray your love
in so many of our attitudes,
actions and aspirations.
In your love, you offer us
forgiveness, mercy,
healing and peace,
and welcome us back
to your table.
Draw us close;
mould us to be
more faithful.
#MorningPrayer
Lord, you choose
to invite us into your fellowship,
and welcome us as your disciples,
placing your call upon our lives
that we might join in your loving work.
Inspire our prayer
that we may listen to and follow
your wisdom and guidance,
rather than selfish desires.
Lord, you choose
to invite us into your fellowship,
and welcome us as your disciples,
placing your call upon our lives
that we might join in your loving work.
Inspire our prayer
that we may listen to and follow
your wisdom and guidance,
rather than selfish desires.
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord, you choose
to invite us into your fellowship,
and welcome us as your disciples,
placing your call upon our lives
that we might join in your loving work.
Inspire our prayer
that we may listen to and follow
your wisdom and guidance,
rather than selfish desires.
Lord, you choose
to invite us into your fellowship,
and welcome us as your disciples,
placing your call upon our lives
that we might join in your loving work.
Inspire our prayer
that we may listen to and follow
your wisdom and guidance,
rather than selfish desires.
#MorningPrayer
Like your apostles, Lord,
you send us out into the world,
to walk and work in its streets
and the dirt and dust of the world
clings to our feet.
Give us faith to let you
wash us, heal us, and inspire us
to keep living your love
for people and places
that need you.
Like your apostles, Lord,
you send us out into the world,
to walk and work in its streets
and the dirt and dust of the world
clings to our feet.
Give us faith to let you
wash us, heal us, and inspire us
to keep living your love
for people and places
that need you.
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#MorningPrayer
Like your apostles, Lord,
you send us out into the world,
to walk and work in its streets
and the dirt and dust of the world
clings to our feet.
Give us faith to let you
wash us, heal us, and inspire us
to keep living your love
for people and places
that need you.
Like your apostles, Lord,
you send us out into the world,
to walk and work in its streets
and the dirt and dust of the world
clings to our feet.
Give us faith to let you
wash us, heal us, and inspire us
to keep living your love
for people and places
that need you.
#MorningPrayer
Lord, save us from being so wedded
to the laws we distil and devise,
that we become divorced
from the law of your love.
Keep us from being so constrained
by the rules we follow,
that we are diverted from following
your wisdom and grace.
Open our hearts to your way.
Lord, save us from being so wedded
to the laws we distil and devise,
that we become divorced
from the law of your love.
Keep us from being so constrained
by the rules we follow,
that we are diverted from following
your wisdom and grace.
Open our hearts to your way.
October 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord, save us from being so wedded
to the laws we distil and devise,
that we become divorced
from the law of your love.
Keep us from being so constrained
by the rules we follow,
that we are diverted from following
your wisdom and grace.
Open our hearts to your way.
Lord, save us from being so wedded
to the laws we distil and devise,
that we become divorced
from the law of your love.
Keep us from being so constrained
by the rules we follow,
that we are diverted from following
your wisdom and grace.
Open our hearts to your way.
#MorningPrayer
Help us, Lord,
in our awareness
of your presence
with us day by day,
that we may recognise
and encounter
your love anew,
receive and accept
your call upon our lives,
and embrace your invitation
to share your
grace, mercy, and peace
with all people,
without borders.
Help us, Lord,
in our awareness
of your presence
with us day by day,
that we may recognise
and encounter
your love anew,
receive and accept
your call upon our lives,
and embrace your invitation
to share your
grace, mercy, and peace
with all people,
without borders.
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
#MorningPrayer
Help us, Lord,
in our awareness
of your presence
with us day by day,
that we may recognise
and encounter
your love anew,
receive and accept
your call upon our lives,
and embrace your invitation
to share your
grace, mercy, and peace
with all people,
without borders.
Help us, Lord,
in our awareness
of your presence
with us day by day,
that we may recognise
and encounter
your love anew,
receive and accept
your call upon our lives,
and embrace your invitation
to share your
grace, mercy, and peace
with all people,
without borders.
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
when our hope is weak,
when we encounter
signs of despair,
guide us to
your empty tomb,
to your word which says
neither to be
anxious nor afraid,
but to journey
in the experience
and expectation
of your risen life.
Transform our grief
by the joy of your love.
Lord,
when our hope is weak,
when we encounter
signs of despair,
guide us to
your empty tomb,
to your word which says
neither to be
anxious nor afraid,
but to journey
in the experience
and expectation
of your risen life.
Transform our grief
by the joy of your love.
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
when our hope is weak,
when we encounter
signs of despair,
guide us to
your empty tomb,
to your word which says
neither to be
anxious nor afraid,
but to journey
in the experience
and expectation
of your risen life.
Transform our grief
by the joy of your love.
Lord,
when our hope is weak,
when we encounter
signs of despair,
guide us to
your empty tomb,
to your word which says
neither to be
anxious nor afraid,
but to journey
in the experience
and expectation
of your risen life.
Transform our grief
by the joy of your love.
#MorningPrayer
Lord Jesus,
even in the times
when it feels to us
that hope is absent
and the way ahead is unclear,
help us, like Joseph of Arimathea,
to do what is right and good
to honour the purposes
of your kingdom,
and to share the love
with which you fill us
with all people.
Lord Jesus,
even in the times
when it feels to us
that hope is absent
and the way ahead is unclear,
help us, like Joseph of Arimathea,
to do what is right and good
to honour the purposes
of your kingdom,
and to share the love
with which you fill us
with all people.
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#MorningPrayer
Lord Jesus,
even in the times
when it feels to us
that hope is absent
and the way ahead is unclear,
help us, like Joseph of Arimathea,
to do what is right and good
to honour the purposes
of your kingdom,
and to share the love
with which you fill us
with all people.
Lord Jesus,
even in the times
when it feels to us
that hope is absent
and the way ahead is unclear,
help us, like Joseph of Arimathea,
to do what is right and good
to honour the purposes
of your kingdom,
and to share the love
with which you fill us
with all people.
#MorningPrayer
In your passion
and death, Lord Jesus,
you entered into
the worst we can know,
that divine love may absorb
and overcome it all, even death,
and rise to new life.
As the curtain of the Temple
was torn top to bottom,
you open your heart to us;
may we know your peace.
In your passion
and death, Lord Jesus,
you entered into
the worst we can know,
that divine love may absorb
and overcome it all, even death,
and rise to new life.
As the curtain of the Temple
was torn top to bottom,
you open your heart to us;
may we know your peace.
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
#MorningPrayer
In your passion
and death, Lord Jesus,
you entered into
the worst we can know,
that divine love may absorb
and overcome it all, even death,
and rise to new life.
As the curtain of the Temple
was torn top to bottom,
you open your heart to us;
may we know your peace.
In your passion
and death, Lord Jesus,
you entered into
the worst we can know,
that divine love may absorb
and overcome it all, even death,
and rise to new life.
As the curtain of the Temple
was torn top to bottom,
you open your heart to us;
may we know your peace.
#MorningPrayer
Help us acknowledge you
as our king, Lord Jesus;
not in the mockery
of a purple robe
and crown of thorns,
nor by setting up
ourselves or others
as Lord in your place,
but by following your call,
taking up our cross
and walking your way,
that we may share your love.
Help us acknowledge you
as our king, Lord Jesus;
not in the mockery
of a purple robe
and crown of thorns,
nor by setting up
ourselves or others
as Lord in your place,
but by following your call,
taking up our cross
and walking your way,
that we may share your love.
October 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#MorningPrayer
Help us acknowledge you
as our king, Lord Jesus;
not in the mockery
of a purple robe
and crown of thorns,
nor by setting up
ourselves or others
as Lord in your place,
but by following your call,
taking up our cross
and walking your way,
that we may share your love.
Help us acknowledge you
as our king, Lord Jesus;
not in the mockery
of a purple robe
and crown of thorns,
nor by setting up
ourselves or others
as Lord in your place,
but by following your call,
taking up our cross
and walking your way,
that we may share your love.