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Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 3 "Behold Your Mother, Behold Your Son"
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Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels.
In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, we must acknowledge how differently He sees us, and our relationships, than we see ourselves and each other. What Christ was doing on the Cross was so massive, so far-reaching, that when its results are right before us we can scarcely believe our eyes.
We might call to mind the promise elsewhere that those who give up fields, family and friends in order to follow Jesus will receive 100-fold in His kingdom. As Jesus hung on the Cross, and directed Mary and John to one another, He declared this to be a present reality in His people, the Church.
Written and read by Sammy Davies
Inspired by John 19:25-27
What do we see?
When we look out across Your world?
When we gaze upon Your people?
Filled with wonder, awe and praise
Do we see this place, these people as You do?
There is beauty to be sure
But so too is there brokenness and sorrow
Life without You is a lonely thing
Life minus our creator is monochrome at best
While our hearts search for nearness, yearn for intimacy
Our experience is isolation born of suspicion and fear
But You. With vision so clear
You see
In truth the whole gamut of the work of Your hands
A creation filled with splendour and beauty
And a people not pushed apart but drawn together
We need not fear being alone when we are in You
God, our God, come near so that we would never be far off
You promised that what we lose in order to follow
We will receive back 100 fold in Your kingdom
When the world ridiculous us
You cherish us
When the world insults
You pronounce blessing
When family, friends, and colleagues abandon us
You tell us, “Child of the most High - Look! Here is your household.”
Lord give us those same eyes that see the truth in technicolour
Give us those eyes that, looking down from the cross
Saw what was being recreated in You
Give us those eyes to see
We pray in Jesus name
Amen
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