Home Pentecost Resource Page This article is from Issue 67 of "On The Move," a publication of new learning possibilities for churches, at one time published by The Joint Board of Christian Education of Australia and New Zealand. Reproduced by permission of Uniting Education, PO Box 1245, Collingwood 3066, Australia. May be printed for use in local congregations only.      A LITANY OF HOPE      by Pat Baker "Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off"' (Ezekiel 37:11 RSV). Let us pray: God of hope we bring before you those whose lives are dried up: Come from the four winds, O breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. We pray for those dried up by disappointment by bitterness by guilt... We pray for those whose spirit is drained by grief by hunger by despair... Come from the four winds, O breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. God of hope we bring before you those whose hope is lost: Come from the four winds, breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. We pray for people persecuted violated left for dead... We pray for people bewildered disillusioned apathetic... Come from the four winds, O breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. God of hope we bring before you those who feel themselves cut off: Come from the four winds, O breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. We pray for those cut off by age by disability by thoughtlessness... We pray for those cut off from family from neighbours from God... Come from the four winds, O breath of God, and breathe upon these that they may live. God of hope we thank you for the promise of restoration of a new day and a new life: Thanks be to God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. "May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will con- tinue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13 TEV).
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