Approach and confession prayer 28 March 2021

Almighty God

hosanna

Hosanna in the highest

for coming to us

coming to us in the world around us

as the days are now longer than the nights

hosanna

hosanna in the highest

for coming to us

through the power of the spirit moving within and around us as we worship this day

hosanna

hosanna in the highest

for coming to us

as Jesus Christ, riding on a donkey’s colt

riding into Jerusalem as King

as King

Hosanna

hosanna in the highest

is our King

whose enthronement will involved submission to cruel nails

and death

Hosanna

hosanna in the highest

blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord

as we enter Holy Week

help us to follow

follow to the cross

to weep at its foot

as we take in the enormity of the crucifixion

who are we that it is not us subjected to that torture?

We who turn away when discipleship gets difficult

we who long to return to normal, which was destroying the earth

we who sin against others and against God

in word and deed

it is us who should be there

yet, there, there on the cross

is the love of God revealed

where our sins are forgiven

through the one who comes in the name in the Lord

hosanna

hosanna in the highest

Amen