The only authority is the authority of service.
Lord,
we prepare our hearts
for the upcoming Synod Assembly.
Journeying together is easy to say
but not so easy to practice.
Do we sometimes behave in your Church
like the rulers of nations who lord over them
and their leaders who oppress them?
You have told us that it should not be so among us.
Instead, whoever wants to be great must become a servant,
and whoever wants to be first must become a slave.
Send your Spirit upon your Church,
so that those who exercise authority,
those ministers among us,
may be the least of all.
For among your disciples,
the only authority is that of service,
and the only power is that of the cross.
Help us to live the upcoming Assembly
as a space of convergence,
listening to the People,
the Pastors, and the Bishop of Rome.
Amen
Click To Pray Team