THE GOSPEL
John 18:33b-37For this was I born and for this I came into the world,
to testify to the truth.
Jesus,
before you came
we only guessed at the truth.
We only guessed that God loved the poor,
that God healed the brokenhearted,
the sick and the distressed.
Nor
that God
would offer his
very Son
for our
sake.
Yours is the
kingdom of love.
Help us know,
To belong and testify
with you to this
loving
truth.
THE FIRST READING
Daniel 7:13-14
All peoples, nations, and languages serve him.
Christ,
perfect ruler,
source of perfect peace and justice:
reign now and forever
over all creation,
all peoples, all
languages,
nations;
Over
our
hearts.
THE SECOND READING
Revelation 1:5-8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,
“the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.”
Jesus,
please be the
beginning and end
of our every
day,
our every project,
and prayer,
and peril,
and
love:
everything we do
and all that
we are.