Lord –
Our sins and rebellion shout out and announce their presence to us.
Forgive us for being a nation that feigns righteousness and forsakes Your ordinances…a nation that oppresses, fights, quarrels, and strikes with wicked fists.
Forgive us for behavior that silences Your voice.
We need healing springing up quickly and light breaking forth like the dawn. We need to enact Your fast – loosening the bonds of injustice, sharing our bread with the hungry, bringing those who are homeless into our house.
Then shall our light rise in the darkness. Then shall our gloom become like the noonday. Then shall we be repairers of the breach and restorers of the streets.
May then become now.
Amen.