Prayer before coming to Church on Palm Sunday
By Rev. Debra McKnight

Loving God,
You bid us beyond comfort and compliance.
You call us to the streets,
to meet you in each face and prepare the way.

You are the passion that
urges us to roll out the red carpet to the marginalized
and join the parade, palms raised without malice or sword.

You are the hosannas on our lips
and the energy lifting our heart to sing your life-giving verse.

You are the feast for the famished and the hope for the hopeless.

You, call us to to this Holy Week that we might join Jesus on his unflinching march for Good.
We are humbled with gratitude and overwhelmed by our own fear of change.

Grant us the courage set a feast for the famished,
and turn the tables on the status quo.
Grant us the courage to keep pace and walk the lonesome road,
resolute in each step towards your all-loving goal.

May it be so.
Amen