Not our will, but yours, O God. Transform our heats that we might reveal your light and help make the world a little more kind, a little more just, and a little more loving.
Romans 4:22-25
22Therefore his faith* ‘was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ 23Now the words, ‘it was reckoned to him’, were written not for his sake alone, 24but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
1) "...reckoned;" "...his faith 'was reckoned to him as righteousness;'" "...it will be reckoned to us;"
2) I've looked up the word "reckoned" in the Concise Oxford Dictionary because it is a bit of a stumbling stone to me: "counted," "considered," "concluded," "taken into account." When I use my parallel Bible for other translations the REB says "counted," the NAB says, "credited," and the NJB actually puts quotes around 'reckoned.' "Credited" seems to be the clearest in meaning. "It" signifies "his faith." Our faith will be credited to us who believe in him? or Abraham's faith will be credited to us who believe? I expect either reading could be correct. But the gist is that we believe/trust God who raise Jesus from the dead... We too must trust that even though following Jesus may lead to our death, God will justify us as well. It is God who justifies, not our actions, not our following of the rules. But God's infinite love that justifies. Can I trust that God will justify these unrepentant sinners? Clearly, I need to trust more. I struggle to trust that President #45, Trudeau, White European Settlers, Multinational corporations, that miserable neighbour/family/church member, to name a few, will ever be justified.
3) What is the invitation in all this? To trust that God will justify the living and the dead.
"Holy One, teach us to trust."
Breathprayer: "faith... for our justification."
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
"Against Hope... God Was Able."
Transform our hearts, Holy One, that your light may shine through us, making your world a little more kind, a little more just, and a little more gentle.
Romans 4:18-21
18Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’ 19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already* as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. 20No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
1) "Hoping against hope;" "...good as dead;" "...he gave glory to God;" "...God was able;" "...God was able to do what he had promised;" "...fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised;" "...
2) Are we so convinced? That God is able to do what God has promised? Am I? As I ran today, I was thinking of the double loop theory of congregational development and where I feel we are on it... I feel like the Titanic is sinking faster and faster every day and my congregation is so busy preparing and serving a five star meal in the banquet hall that they won't hear me saying we need to be ripping these tables and chairs apart and making life rafts, not moving them about to make it look like there are more people at the feast! Where am I on the "double loop"? I like to think I'm on the second loop trying to call people over, but that is SO not the case. I'm panicking at the bottom of the first loop. I want to cross over, but I'm busy pushing and pulling and exhorting trying to get other people to go across. Why don't I just cross over? And then I wonder about what I see on the other side, on the "second loop." I see a more faithful church. One that is serious about its calling to follow Christ. One that is taking PIE seriously: Public, Intentional, and Explicit seriously. Public in is proclamation, using every means at its disposal to share its message; Intentional about learning its place in history and how it has benefited from oppression, abuse, marginalization, and an injustice. Explicit in is seeking of amends and right relationship with those it has wronged. I see a church that is affirming of LGBTQ* people. I see a church that sacrifices absolutely everything it thinks it is to follow the way of Christ. And it isn't going to say, "We're too old (good as dead to use Paul's words)." But rather it will trust that God will fulfil what God has promised. What is holding ME back from simply crossing to the other loop? Am I?
3) Cross over. Start exploring the other loop. If others choose to follow, wouldn't that be nice?
"Holy One, help us to trust that you are with us every step of the way, you were there before we arrived, you are there before we follow. You are the push and the pull into the future, we simply can't escape you. Thanks be to God."
Breathprayer: "Against hope... God was able."
Romans 4:18-21
18Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’ 19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already* as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. 20No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
1) "Hoping against hope;" "...good as dead;" "...he gave glory to God;" "...God was able;" "...God was able to do what he had promised;" "...fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised;" "...
2) Are we so convinced? That God is able to do what God has promised? Am I? As I ran today, I was thinking of the double loop theory of congregational development and where I feel we are on it... I feel like the Titanic is sinking faster and faster every day and my congregation is so busy preparing and serving a five star meal in the banquet hall that they won't hear me saying we need to be ripping these tables and chairs apart and making life rafts, not moving them about to make it look like there are more people at the feast! Where am I on the "double loop"? I like to think I'm on the second loop trying to call people over, but that is SO not the case. I'm panicking at the bottom of the first loop. I want to cross over, but I'm busy pushing and pulling and exhorting trying to get other people to go across. Why don't I just cross over? And then I wonder about what I see on the other side, on the "second loop." I see a more faithful church. One that is serious about its calling to follow Christ. One that is taking PIE seriously: Public, Intentional, and Explicit seriously. Public in is proclamation, using every means at its disposal to share its message; Intentional about learning its place in history and how it has benefited from oppression, abuse, marginalization, and an injustice. Explicit in is seeking of amends and right relationship with those it has wronged. I see a church that is affirming of LGBTQ* people. I see a church that sacrifices absolutely everything it thinks it is to follow the way of Christ. And it isn't going to say, "We're too old (good as dead to use Paul's words)." But rather it will trust that God will fulfil what God has promised. What is holding ME back from simply crossing to the other loop? Am I?
3) Cross over. Start exploring the other loop. If others choose to follow, wouldn't that be nice?
"Holy One, help us to trust that you are with us every step of the way, you were there before we arrived, you are there before we follow. You are the push and the pull into the future, we simply can't escape you. Thanks be to God."
Breathprayer: "Against hope... God was able."
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
"Grace... to All His Descendants."
I ask that our hearts be transformed, that we might surrender the imperial church, Christendom, the church that collaborates with the powers and the principalities of this age, and become the disciples that follow Christ, seeking justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly.
Romans 4:16-17
16 For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, 17as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
1) "grace;" "...to all his descendants;" "...the father of many nations;" "...in the presence of God;" "...who gives life to the dead;" "...and calls into existence the things that do not exist;"
2) If God can give life to the dead and call into existence the things that do not exist, surely God can reconcile the people of the law and the people without the law to each other and to God's self. If God can give life to the dead and call in to existence the things that do not exist, maybe God really can transform our hearts, really make us disciples in the 21st century. Maybe God really can help us let go of the things of the past that are preventing us from following Jesus with full integrity and life. Maybe we can let go of our privilege based on racism, heterosexism, class, education, birth, nationality, and genders. Maybe it is possible to pass through the eye of a needle? I notice that I'm phrasing these all as 'maybes'. Our inclination to hold fast to our comfortable ignorance is pretty strong. The discomfort of the way things are needs to be more painful than the discomfort of changing the way things are before we will move.
3) To take comfort, knowing that what needs to happen now is minor when compared to what has already taken place: creation, liberation, resurrection, reconciliation...
"Holy One, give life to the dead and call into existence things that do not exist that we may truly be your people, called to serve and to reconcile."
Breathprayer: "Grace... to all his descendants."
Romans 4:16-17
16 For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, 17as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
1) "grace;" "...to all his descendants;" "...the father of many nations;" "...in the presence of God;" "...who gives life to the dead;" "...and calls into existence the things that do not exist;"
2) If God can give life to the dead and call into existence the things that do not exist, surely God can reconcile the people of the law and the people without the law to each other and to God's self. If God can give life to the dead and call in to existence the things that do not exist, maybe God really can transform our hearts, really make us disciples in the 21st century. Maybe God really can help us let go of the things of the past that are preventing us from following Jesus with full integrity and life. Maybe we can let go of our privilege based on racism, heterosexism, class, education, birth, nationality, and genders. Maybe it is possible to pass through the eye of a needle? I notice that I'm phrasing these all as 'maybes'. Our inclination to hold fast to our comfortable ignorance is pretty strong. The discomfort of the way things are needs to be more painful than the discomfort of changing the way things are before we will move.
3) To take comfort, knowing that what needs to happen now is minor when compared to what has already taken place: creation, liberation, resurrection, reconciliation...
"Holy One, give life to the dead and call into existence things that do not exist that we may truly be your people, called to serve and to reconcile."
Breathprayer: "Grace... to all his descendants."
Monday, 28 August 2017
"Promise... through the Righteousness of Faith."
Holy One, transform our hearts, that we may reveal the image in which we have been made, or at least, some small part of that image, so our world might be a little more kind, a little more just, a little more loving.
Romans 4:11-15
11He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them, 12and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.
1) "...he would inherit the world... through the righteousness of faith." "...but where there is no law, neither is the violation."
2) "but where there is no law, neither is there violation," Really? I would rather think that the law helps us recognize violation. I rather see the importance of the law as one of the means by which we come to know right and wrong. Is it the law itself that creates violation? I'm not partial to a "God" that would create a law for the sake of our being able to brake it for the sake of God being able to reconcile us. That sounds much too much like baiting. I can't imagine God playing games like that. That God would be cruel. Rather, I feel the "law" and "scripture" in general help us to witness the contours of what is right and wrong. But following the law too rigorously becomes an act of ego in itself. "See, I'm following the rules better than you." That is not the path of reconciliation, that is self-justification. Right relationship with ourselves, each other, God and creation isn't a checklist. It's a deepening of relationship, trust, faith in one another. I was reading about Thomas Merton talking about a Butter Churn from India that has paddles that go back and forth. He says, we think we are marching towards a more just world. We take three steps forward and two steps back; we take 10 steps forward and 12 back; we take 20 steps forward and 30 back, and we get frustrated because we are getting further and further away from the goal. But justice isn't a destination, its a deepening of the heart. We aren't marching to justice, we are churning butter, each success and each failure is another churning, back and forth, deepening with each stride.
3) To let the humility of failure instruct. Wow... lots of material here for instruction... failure to "meditate," failure to remain focused, failure to react calmly in crisis, failure to be kind...
"Holy One, instruct us, teach us humility that will increase our capacity for life."
Breathprayer: "Promise... through the righteousness of faith."
Romans 4:11-15
11He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them, 12and likewise the ancestor of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also follow the example of the faith that our ancestor Abraham had before he was circumcised.
God’s Promise Realized through Faith
13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.1) "...he would inherit the world... through the righteousness of faith." "...but where there is no law, neither is the violation."
2) "but where there is no law, neither is there violation," Really? I would rather think that the law helps us recognize violation. I rather see the importance of the law as one of the means by which we come to know right and wrong. Is it the law itself that creates violation? I'm not partial to a "God" that would create a law for the sake of our being able to brake it for the sake of God being able to reconcile us. That sounds much too much like baiting. I can't imagine God playing games like that. That God would be cruel. Rather, I feel the "law" and "scripture" in general help us to witness the contours of what is right and wrong. But following the law too rigorously becomes an act of ego in itself. "See, I'm following the rules better than you." That is not the path of reconciliation, that is self-justification. Right relationship with ourselves, each other, God and creation isn't a checklist. It's a deepening of relationship, trust, faith in one another. I was reading about Thomas Merton talking about a Butter Churn from India that has paddles that go back and forth. He says, we think we are marching towards a more just world. We take three steps forward and two steps back; we take 10 steps forward and 12 back; we take 20 steps forward and 30 back, and we get frustrated because we are getting further and further away from the goal. But justice isn't a destination, its a deepening of the heart. We aren't marching to justice, we are churning butter, each success and each failure is another churning, back and forth, deepening with each stride.
3) To let the humility of failure instruct. Wow... lots of material here for instruction... failure to "meditate," failure to remain focused, failure to react calmly in crisis, failure to be kind...
"Holy One, instruct us, teach us humility that will increase our capacity for life."
Breathprayer: "Promise... through the righteousness of faith."
Sunday, 27 August 2017
"Irrespective of Works... Iniquities Are Forgiven."
I ask that we may be transformed to be better disciples, better followers of Christ. That we may reject cheap grace, and works righteousness and seek to be public in our proclamation, intentional about learning our place in history and how we benefit from injustice and disparity, and explicit in our attempts to live in right relationship, to make amends with those we have wronged, and to be reconciled to ourselves, to each other, to creation and to God.
Romans 4:6-10
6So also David speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God reckons righteousness irrespective of works:
7 ‘Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.’
9 Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, ‘Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.’ 10How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.
1) "blessedness;" "...irrespective of works;" "...blessed are those who iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;" "blessedness;"
2) It was prior to Abraham being circumcised that he was reckoned as righteous, as in, before he was following the law... in fact, Abraham was reckoned righteous before there even was a law to follow... several hundred years according to the texts. Paul uses this as an argument against all forms of works righteousness and legalism. And who are the "Blessed... whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered"? All of us, circumcised and uncircumcised alike. Paul has spent a great deal of time emphasizing this point. No boasting because you think your works are better than others. We don't do works because it earns us favour. We work as a grateful response to God's grace, not to earn it. Thank God, The lord "will not reckon sin" against us. But God does command that we change our ways. There is something terribly liberating, subtle, but liberating here. We don't have to earn anything, just follow. God's goes on ahead.
3) to relax into God's graciousness, to let the blessedness come on all of us, and respond with deep gratitude.
"Holy One, thank you."
Breathprayer: "Irrespective of works... iniquities are forgiven."
Romans 4:6-10
6So also David speaks of the blessedness of those to whom God reckons righteousness irrespective of works:
7 ‘Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.’
9 Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, ‘Faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.’ 10How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.
1) "blessedness;" "...irrespective of works;" "...blessed are those who iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;" "blessedness;"
2) It was prior to Abraham being circumcised that he was reckoned as righteous, as in, before he was following the law... in fact, Abraham was reckoned righteous before there even was a law to follow... several hundred years according to the texts. Paul uses this as an argument against all forms of works righteousness and legalism. And who are the "Blessed... whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered"? All of us, circumcised and uncircumcised alike. Paul has spent a great deal of time emphasizing this point. No boasting because you think your works are better than others. We don't do works because it earns us favour. We work as a grateful response to God's grace, not to earn it. Thank God, The lord "will not reckon sin" against us. But God does command that we change our ways. There is something terribly liberating, subtle, but liberating here. We don't have to earn anything, just follow. God's goes on ahead.
3) to relax into God's graciousness, to let the blessedness come on all of us, and respond with deep gratitude.
"Holy One, thank you."
Breathprayer: "Irrespective of works... iniquities are forgiven."
Saturday, 26 August 2017
"God... Justifies the Ungodly."
Holy One, I ask that our hearts be transformed. May we let go of the false self that convinces us that we earn your love, and special privileges in your Kingdom, and surrender the false belief that there grace is cheap, with no expectations, no accountability, no obligation, or obedience. Teach us the way of costly grace that calls us to give all, for all, as did the one we follow, Christ Jesus. May we seek justice, love kindness, and walk humbly.
Romans 4:1-5
4What then are we to say was gained by* Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ 4Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. 5But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
1) "...according to the flesh;" "...Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness;" "...not reckoned as a gift, but as something due;" "...who without works trusts;" "...But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness;" "...who justifies the ungodly;" "...without works;" "...such faith is reckoned as righteousness;"
2) God justifies the ungodly. God justifies the ungodly. God justifies the ungodly. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. This trust is the faith that is reckoned as righteous. It seems that "our ancestor according to the flesh" is meant to be a stab at legalism... isn't spirit more than "flesh" in this particular context. So sure, call Abraham your ancestor according to the flesh, it isn't going to "gain" anything for us. Trust is still called of us. We are still called to follow. Abraham's belief can't be a "work" that "earned" justification. His belief is itself a gift.
3) To trust God to justify. Wow... that's hard. I want some control here. I want something to do... like a list or something that I can tick off, "okay, did that, I'm good." No list. Just trust, God's got it covered. God justifies even the ungodly... Its the very ungodly, God justifies.
"Holy One, in your infinite mercy, you justify us in our ungodliness. Thank you. Humble us, that we may witness your justification in right relationship with all our neighbours."
Breathprayer: "God... justifies the ungodly."
Romans 4:1-5
4What then are we to say was gained by* Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ 4Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. 5But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
1) "...according to the flesh;" "...Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness;" "...not reckoned as a gift, but as something due;" "...who without works trusts;" "...But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness;" "...who justifies the ungodly;" "...without works;" "...such faith is reckoned as righteousness;"
2) God justifies the ungodly. God justifies the ungodly. God justifies the ungodly. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. We are called to trust the one who justifies the ungodly [us]. This trust is the faith that is reckoned as righteous. It seems that "our ancestor according to the flesh" is meant to be a stab at legalism... isn't spirit more than "flesh" in this particular context. So sure, call Abraham your ancestor according to the flesh, it isn't going to "gain" anything for us. Trust is still called of us. We are still called to follow. Abraham's belief can't be a "work" that "earned" justification. His belief is itself a gift.
3) To trust God to justify. Wow... that's hard. I want some control here. I want something to do... like a list or something that I can tick off, "okay, did that, I'm good." No list. Just trust, God's got it covered. God justifies even the ungodly... Its the very ungodly, God justifies.
"Holy One, in your infinite mercy, you justify us in our ungodliness. Thank you. Humble us, that we may witness your justification in right relationship with all our neighbours."
Breathprayer: "God... justifies the ungodly."
Friday, 25 August 2017
"Boasting... Is Excluded."
I ask for the grace to be transformed, to let go of the comfort of the way things are, and to embrace the way God would have them, though that requires sacrifice and perhaps pain for a time. May we know and follow Jesus more closely, seeking justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly.
Romans 3:27-31
27 Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
1) "Boating? It is excluded;" "...a person is justified by faith;" "...God is one;" "...through the same faith;" "...By no means!"
2) I should do a count to see just how often Paul uses the expression "By no means!" in these first chapters of Romans. "Hell no!" The work/law is essential, but it is not a means by which to boast. And neither is grace. Grace and obedience, obedience and grace go hand in hand. We do not "earn" God's grace, grace is a free gift. But neither is grace something we receive without some expectation, responsibility, and obligation. The grace is to follow Christ. Following Christ means seeking justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly. I've been thinking, if I punch someone in the face repeatedly, and they say, "please stop, you are hurting me," and I say, "Sorry, I don't intend to hurt you," but I keep punching them in the same way, thinking that God's Grace absolves me of consequences, I'm wrong. I need to stop doing what I'm doing that hurts that someone. I need to change my ways. Repentance and Grace go hand in hand.
3) What is the invitation in all this? Stop boasting. Stop thinking that for any reason, by merit, or by accident of birth, we are any better than anyone else. Find gratitude for the privileges, advantages, that have been bestowed on me. Share them. Discrepancy in the world creates an opportunity to learn compassion and humility. Where's ours? Either one?
"Holy One, teach us compassion and humility, humility and compassion, and lead us to right relationship with all our neighbours."
Breathprayer: "Boasting... is excluded."
Romans 3:27-31
27 Then what becomes of boasting? It is excluded. By what law? By that of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28For we hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works prescribed by the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
1) "Boating? It is excluded;" "...a person is justified by faith;" "...God is one;" "...through the same faith;" "...By no means!"
2) I should do a count to see just how often Paul uses the expression "By no means!" in these first chapters of Romans. "Hell no!" The work/law is essential, but it is not a means by which to boast. And neither is grace. Grace and obedience, obedience and grace go hand in hand. We do not "earn" God's grace, grace is a free gift. But neither is grace something we receive without some expectation, responsibility, and obligation. The grace is to follow Christ. Following Christ means seeking justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly. I've been thinking, if I punch someone in the face repeatedly, and they say, "please stop, you are hurting me," and I say, "Sorry, I don't intend to hurt you," but I keep punching them in the same way, thinking that God's Grace absolves me of consequences, I'm wrong. I need to stop doing what I'm doing that hurts that someone. I need to change my ways. Repentance and Grace go hand in hand.
3) What is the invitation in all this? Stop boasting. Stop thinking that for any reason, by merit, or by accident of birth, we are any better than anyone else. Find gratitude for the privileges, advantages, that have been bestowed on me. Share them. Discrepancy in the world creates an opportunity to learn compassion and humility. Where's ours? Either one?
"Holy One, teach us compassion and humility, humility and compassion, and lead us to right relationship with all our neighbours."
Breathprayer: "Boasting... is excluded."
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