A Transfiguration Prayer

Holy One, we thank you for this day and for this time together. We are reminded this morning of the preciousness of life, the life that everywhere surrounds us and dwells within us, yet remains so fragile in every form.

We thank you for the ways in which you are revealed through that life. As we see you revealed in acts of giving that quell anxiety, acts of hospitality and welcome that break down barriers, acts of generosity that shake off fear, we are reminded that you are a God that broke down all barriers that keep us apart, a God who seeks healing, wholeness and reconciliation.

As we see you revealed in the face of the suffering, the oppressed, as we are moved by compassion and angered by injustice, we are reminded that you are call us as peacemakers, those who will work to conform the world to the plumb line of justice.

As we see you revealed in beauty, in nature, in the voices of our children singing, in loving relationships of all kinds, when the most ordinary elements of our lives begin to glow sacred, we are reminded that you are a God who wishes for us an abundant life of great promise.

As Jesus is transfigured and so reveals you, so may we be transformed to do the same. Amen.