Sacredise - Prayer: Boasting In The Cross

Boasting In The Cross

by John van de Laar

Though it may seem foolish,
    We boast in the cross!

The wisdom of God,
    the place of infinite Love’s
        extravagant sacrifice,
    the sign of scandalous grace
        welcoming all.
We praise you, O Christ, for your cross,
    and for the love and grace we find there.

Though it may seem weak,
    We boast in the cross!

The power of God,
    the scene of death’s demise
        and life’s unstoppable outbreak,
    the mark of evil’s failure
        to extinguish the light of goodness and peace

We praise you, O Christ, for your cross,
    and for the life and goodness we find there.

In the face of this world’s information economy
        and petty power-games,
    we boast in the foolishness and weakness
        of the cross of Christ.
For in it we find all the wisdom and power
    that makes this world whole.

Amen.

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