Lord God -
We come to You in silence.
(Deep inhale. Deep exhale.)
Your day is at hand. Your great day is near. A hastening day of judgment that we reflect upon as our liturgical calendar moves closer to another end.
Consecrate us, Lord. Declare us sacred.
Search our hearts with Your lamps, and remove our complacency. Prepare us for Your great day of distress and anguish, of ruin and devastation, of darkness and gloom…Your great day in which You finally overturn the world’s order as we know it.
Our silver and gold will not save us on this day. Only Your consecrating love and Your prepared sacrifice will save us.
Trusting the Spirit’s consecrating work in our lives, we pray.
Amen.