Lord –
In the heat of the day, we sit at thresholds’ entrances by the oaks.
We look up, and You appear to us in those who stand near us. When we see You, may we run toward You and bow down. May we bring You water, wash Your feet, and offer You rest.
In our hastening to serve, may we pull others into the feast’s preparation – the making ready, the kneading, the baking of bread, the preparing of a tender and good calf.
In the name of the One who does not pass us by, we pray.
Amen.