Let your kingdom come. Let your kingdom come. This has been my prayer this week. Let your kingdom come… In Nashville, Tennessee… Let your kingdom come… When our hearts are broken – again. Let your kingdom come… When we hear news that leaves us speechless. Let your kingdom come… When we can’t catch our breath because of unimaginable horror. Let your kingdom come… When we read the names and see the pictures of your children, young and old, whose lives have been taken by violence. Let your kingdom come… When we are overwhelmed by anger and grief. Let your kingdom come… When we don’t know how to pray. Let your kingdom come. This is not a prayer of hopelessness or despair. It is a prayer rooted and grounded in the hope and power of the resurrection. It is a prayer that acknowledges our human brokenness and sin in the light of God’s unfailing faithfulness. It is a prayer of surrender…of our will and life to the care of a loving God and whose mercy never comes to end. Blessings, Matthew+ Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (BCP p. 219) | 
