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WHAT IS A LITANY?
What is a Litany? A litany is a congregational prayer, usually read as a responsive reading between a leader and a congregation, often used in traditional or liturgical church settings. I began writing litanies because I couldn’t find congregational prayers on the internet that articulated what I felt or addressed a particular subject or PENTECOST YEAR B (2021): LITANY FOR SIGHS TOO DEEP FOR The texts for the Day of Pentecost are rich with imagery, metaphor, and narrative. There is a persistent theme of “now and not yet” - the work is complete but has yet to be fully revealed. The Spirit is available but we have yet to harness it’s full power. CALL AND RESPONSE: LITANIES FOR CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations deeper into the story of Divine Love. PROPER 29, YEAR A (REIGN OF CHRIST): LITANY FOR PANDEMIC This week’s litany is specifically focused on the pandemic, as is the attention of most of the U.S. with 247,000 dead, and over 1000 per day losing their lives to uncontrolled COVID-19. When I hear the words of Christ here in Matthew 25 saying, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family PROPER 5 (YEAR B): LITANY FOR NON-HIERARCHY The bulk of my work can be accessed via Patreon Patreon helps me make this work sustainable. Thanks for reading and subscribing. You can find archived litanies here , and purchase my book here . Attribution guidelines are here . LITANY FOR PENTECOST Litany for Pentecost. Pentecost is the day in the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the church as we know it, recorded in Acts 2. The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter Season, and is celebrated ten days after Ascension Thursday. This year Pentecost is celebrated Sunday, May 15. ASCENSION DAY: LITANY FOR SENDING Ascension Day: Litany for Sending. May 3, 2016. Fran Pratt. Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, is the day in the liturgical calendar in which the church celebrates the ascension of Christ into heaven forty days after his resurrection. The gospels and the book of Acts give various versions of Jesus' words to the disciples just prior to his ascension. LITANY FOR TRINITY SUNDAY Litany for Trinity Sunday. May 17, 2016. Fran Pratt. In the liturgical calendar, Trinity Sunday is celebrated the first Sunday after Pentecost, to acknowledge the Holy Trinity of God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. We have plentiful references by Jesus himself to God-Creator (Yahweh) as "Father," therefore many traditions refer to God as such. LITANY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (AND MARTIN LUTHER KING *This litany was originally written for MLK day, but also has implications for the 2016 elections. Some of the language was influenced by Brian Zahnd's excellent book _Beauty Will Save The World_, and also the prayer echoes some of the language in the worship song "Form Us" by Casey Corum FRAN PRATTABOUTTHE BOOKLITANIESSUBSCRIBESUPPORT March 16, 2021. Fran Pratt. In this week’s gospel text from John 12, Jesus shares the metaphor of the seed undergoing burial in the ground and death - death of its season of existence as a seed - so that it might become the “glorified” version of itself: theWHAT IS A LITANY?
What is a Litany? A litany is a congregational prayer, usually read as a responsive reading between a leader and a congregation, often used in traditional or liturgical church settings. I began writing litanies because I couldn’t find congregational prayers on the internet that articulated what I felt or addressed a particular subject or PENTECOST YEAR B (2021): LITANY FOR SIGHS TOO DEEP FOR The texts for the Day of Pentecost are rich with imagery, metaphor, and narrative. There is a persistent theme of “now and not yet” - the work is complete but has yet to be fully revealed. The Spirit is available but we have yet to harness it’s full power. CALL AND RESPONSE: LITANIES FOR CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations deeper into the story of Divine Love. PROPER 29, YEAR A (REIGN OF CHRIST): LITANY FOR PANDEMIC This week’s litany is specifically focused on the pandemic, as is the attention of most of the U.S. with 247,000 dead, and over 1000 per day losing their lives to uncontrolled COVID-19. When I hear the words of Christ here in Matthew 25 saying, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family PROPER 5 (YEAR B): LITANY FOR NON-HIERARCHY The bulk of my work can be accessed via Patreon Patreon helps me make this work sustainable. Thanks for reading and subscribing. You can find archived litanies here , and purchase my book here . Attribution guidelines are here . LITANY FOR PENTECOST Litany for Pentecost. Pentecost is the day in the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the church as we know it, recorded in Acts 2. The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter Season, and is celebrated ten days after Ascension Thursday. This year Pentecost is celebrated Sunday, May 15. ASCENSION DAY: LITANY FOR SENDING Ascension Day: Litany for Sending. May 3, 2016. Fran Pratt. Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, is the day in the liturgical calendar in which the church celebrates the ascension of Christ into heaven forty days after his resurrection. The gospels and the book of Acts give various versions of Jesus' words to the disciples just prior to his ascension. LITANY FOR TRINITY SUNDAY Litany for Trinity Sunday. May 17, 2016. Fran Pratt. In the liturgical calendar, Trinity Sunday is celebrated the first Sunday after Pentecost, to acknowledge the Holy Trinity of God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. We have plentiful references by Jesus himself to God-Creator (Yahweh) as "Father," therefore many traditions refer to God as such. LITANY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (AND MARTIN LUTHER KING *This litany was originally written for MLK day, but also has implications for the 2016 elections. Some of the language was influenced by Brian Zahnd's excellent book _Beauty Will Save The World_, and also the prayer echoes some of the language in the worship song "Form Us" by Casey CorumFRAN PRATT
March 16, 2021. Fran Pratt. In this week’s gospel text from John 12, Jesus shares the metaphor of the seed undergoing burial in the ground and death - death of its season of existence as a seed - so that it might become the “glorified” version of itself: theFIND A LITANY
Feb 2, 2021. Epiphany 5: Litany for Healing and Renewal. Jan 28, 2021. Epiphany 4, Year B (2021): Litany for Caring for Each Other. Jan 21, 2021. Epiphany 3 (Year B, 2021): Litany for a New Day. Dec 21, 2020. First Sunday After Christmas, Year B: Litany for the Fullness of Time.Dec 14, 2020.
WHAT IS A LITANY?
What is a Litany? A litany is a congregational prayer, usually read as a responsive reading between a leader and a congregation, often used in traditional or liturgical church settings. I began writing litanies because I couldn’t find congregational prayers on the internet that articulated what I felt or addressed a particular subject or LITANY FOR CONFESSION If compassion is a seed, then I am the thorny soil (5). Forgive me, Oh God, According to your mercy. According to your great compassion. Blot out all my iniquity (6). I have nothing to offer you. Except a broken and contrite heart (7). Remake my heart out of love, And let love be the heart of my life. LITANY FOR A NEW YEAR Litany for a New Year. January 1, 2018. Fran Pratt. God, in the past year. We have been tested and tried. We have been given joys and pains in their measure. Laughter and sadness in their measure. And now we look forward into a new year, A new leg of our journey,LITANY FOR SHEEP
Litany for Sheep. November 24, 2017. Fran Pratt. Artist Jen Buckley makes beautiful sheep art. Find it here. This Sunday is Reign of Christ Sunday, also known as the Feast of Christ the King. It is the last Sunday of the liturgical year and the last of Ordinary Time. Next week we will begin a new church year, which opens with the Adventseason.
LITANY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (PROPER 18, YEAR B) Litany for Social Justice (Proper 18, Year B) September 7, 2018. Fran Pratt. This week's Lectionary selection seems particularly fitting, coming on the heels of the release of the "Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel" put out by a group of Evangelicals. I believe these texts and the teachings of Christ, as well as modern psychological LENT 1 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR ABUNDANCE Lent 1 (Year A): Litany for Abundance. March 2, 2017. Fran Pratt. Be glad in the Lord, O Righteous. Shout for joy, all you upright in heart. (1) The free gift of God is offered to you: Abundance of grace and life (2) Through the obedience of the person. LITANY: A MEDITATION ON LOVE Litany: A Meditation on Love. March 22, 2016. Fran Pratt. Oh God, open our hearts now; Grant that we may become a people fragrant and suffused with LOVE. The unforgettable Love of God. We set aside our own agendas in favor of Love’s agenda, And desire that the Love of God may live and move within and among us. LITANY FOR OUR ENEMIES + THAT TIME I ACCIDENTALLY TOLD MY *I'm sharing a story along with a litany today. I usually try to keep strictly to the prayers, but maybe sometimes a story will give context for how a litany can be a useful place to go, a useful tool in a kit for coping with the reality of evil and posturing ourselves towards Jesus. I accidentall FRAN PRATTABOUTTHE BOOKLITANIESSUBSCRIBESUPPORT March 16, 2021. Fran Pratt. In this week’s gospel text from John 12, Jesus shares the metaphor of the seed undergoing burial in the ground and death - death of its season of existence as a seed - so that it might become the “glorified” version of itself: the PENTECOST YEAR B (2021): LITANY FOR SIGHS TOO DEEP FOR The texts for the Day of Pentecost are rich with imagery, metaphor, and narrative. There is a persistent theme of “now and not yet” - the work is complete but has yet to be fully revealed. The Spirit is available but we have yet to harness it’s full power.WHAT IS A LITANY?
What is a Litany? A litany is a congregational prayer, usually read as a responsive reading between a leader and a congregation, often used in traditional or liturgical church settings. I began writing litanies because I couldn’t find congregational prayers on the internet that articulated what I felt or addressed a particular subject orUSE A LITANY
Tips on Using Litanies. Many of these litanies are written for congregational use as responsive readings. In general, sections in bold are to be read aloud by a congregation. Non-bold sections should be read by a leader. Some words can have different meanings to different communities. If you like a litany but would like to change aword or two
PROPER 29, YEAR A (REIGN OF CHRIST): LITANY FOR PANDEMIC This week’s litany is specifically focused on the pandemic, as is the attention of most of the U.S. with 247,000 dead, and over 1000 per day losing their lives to uncontrolled COVID-19. When I hear the words of Christ here in Matthew 25 saying, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family ASCENSION DAY: LITANY FOR SENDING Ascension Day: Litany for Sending. May 3, 2016. Fran Pratt. Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, is the day in the liturgical calendar in which the church celebrates the ascension of Christ into heaven forty days after his resurrection. The gospels and the book of Acts give various versions of Jesus' words to the disciples just prior to his ascension. LITANY FOR PENTECOST Litany for Pentecost. Pentecost is the day in the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the church as we know it, recorded in Acts 2. The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter Season, and is celebrated ten days after Ascension Thursday. This year Pentecost is celebrated Sunday, May 15. LITANY FOR THE EARTH Litany for the Earth. January 25, 2017. Fran Pratt. Here is the text of the first half of Psalm 24 (NLT). The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas. and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of LITANY FOR CONFESSION If compassion is a seed, then I am the thorny soil (5). Forgive me, Oh God, According to your mercy. According to your great compassion. Blot out all my iniquity (6). I have nothing to offer you. Except a broken and contrite heart (7). Remake my heart out of love, And let love be the heart of my life. LITANY FOR GRATITUDE Litany for Gratitude. January 12, 2016. Fran Pratt. To You, O God, we give thanks. We give thanks for the morning, when joy comes to us. We give thanks for the evening, when we meditate on your love. We give thanks for the in-between, the working hours, the accomplishing hours; when we must practice gratitude amidst distraction and busyness. FRAN PRATTABOUTTHE BOOKLITANIESSUBSCRIBESUPPORT March 16, 2021. Fran Pratt. In this week’s gospel text from John 12, Jesus shares the metaphor of the seed undergoing burial in the ground and death - death of its season of existence as a seed - so that it might become the “glorified” version of itself: the PENTECOST YEAR B (2021): LITANY FOR SIGHS TOO DEEP FOR The texts for the Day of Pentecost are rich with imagery, metaphor, and narrative. There is a persistent theme of “now and not yet” - the work is complete but has yet to be fully revealed. The Spirit is available but we have yet to harness it’s full power.WHAT IS A LITANY?
What is a Litany? A litany is a congregational prayer, usually read as a responsive reading between a leader and a congregation, often used in traditional or liturgical church settings. I began writing litanies because I couldn’t find congregational prayers on the internet that articulated what I felt or addressed a particular subject orUSE A LITANY
Tips on Using Litanies. Many of these litanies are written for congregational use as responsive readings. In general, sections in bold are to be read aloud by a congregation. Non-bold sections should be read by a leader. Some words can have different meanings to different communities. If you like a litany but would like to change aword or two
PROPER 29, YEAR A (REIGN OF CHRIST): LITANY FOR PANDEMIC This week’s litany is specifically focused on the pandemic, as is the attention of most of the U.S. with 247,000 dead, and over 1000 per day losing their lives to uncontrolled COVID-19. When I hear the words of Christ here in Matthew 25 saying, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family ASCENSION DAY: LITANY FOR SENDING Ascension Day: Litany for Sending. May 3, 2016. Fran Pratt. Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, is the day in the liturgical calendar in which the church celebrates the ascension of Christ into heaven forty days after his resurrection. The gospels and the book of Acts give various versions of Jesus' words to the disciples just prior to his ascension. LITANY FOR PENTECOST Litany for Pentecost. Pentecost is the day in the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the church as we know it, recorded in Acts 2. The Day of Pentecost concludes the Easter Season, and is celebrated ten days after Ascension Thursday. This year Pentecost is celebrated Sunday, May 15. LITANY FOR THE EARTH Litany for the Earth. January 25, 2017. Fran Pratt. Here is the text of the first half of Psalm 24 (NLT). The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas. and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of LITANY FOR CONFESSION If compassion is a seed, then I am the thorny soil (5). Forgive me, Oh God, According to your mercy. According to your great compassion. Blot out all my iniquity (6). I have nothing to offer you. Except a broken and contrite heart (7). Remake my heart out of love, And let love be the heart of my life. LITANY FOR GRATITUDE Litany for Gratitude. January 12, 2016. Fran Pratt. To You, O God, we give thanks. We give thanks for the morning, when joy comes to us. We give thanks for the evening, when we meditate on your love. We give thanks for the in-between, the working hours, the accomplishing hours; when we must practice gratitude amidst distraction and busyness. ABOUT — FRAN PRATT Rev. Fran Pratt is a pastor, writer, musician, and mystic. Making meaningful and beautiful liturgy to be spoken, practiced, and sung, is at the heart of her creative drive. Fran is author of a book of congregational litanies, and regularly creates and shares modern liturgy here and on Patreon. Her prayers are prayed in churches ofvarious sizes
PROPER 29, YEAR A (REIGN OF CHRIST): LITANY FOR PANDEMIC This week’s litany is specifically focused on the pandemic, as is the attention of most of the U.S. with 247,000 dead, and over 1000 per day losing their lives to uncontrolled COVID-19. When I hear the words of Christ here in Matthew 25 saying, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family CALL AND RESPONSE: LITANIES FOR CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER A compilation of modern call and response litanies intended for congregational use. Whether your community is liturgical and looking for fresh language, or contemporary and looking to incorporate liturgical elements, this volume contains relevant, reflective prayers that call congregations deeper into the story of Divine Love.FRAN PRATT
A collection of litanies by Fran Pratt. Hello readers and pray-ers new and old! I interrupt this litany of litanies to bring you some important updates about my work and the goings on at franpratt.com LENT 1 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR ABUNDANCE Lent 1 (Year A): Litany for Abundance. March 2, 2017. Fran Pratt. Be glad in the Lord, O Righteous. Shout for joy, all you upright in heart. (1) The free gift of God is offered to you: Abundance of grace and life (2) Through the obedience of the person.LITANY FOR UNITY
Litany for Unity. August 14, 2017. Fran Pratt. This week's Lectionary litany draws on the passages from Genesis 45, as well as Psalm 133 and Isaiah 56. God, sometimes your commands are baffling! You seem to expect absurd things from us, Things which go against our grain: To love our enemies, To forgive our betrayers, LITANY FOR WISDOM (PROPER 15, YEAR B) This week’s Lectionary selections center around Wisdom, and the search for Wisdom. We see Wisdom personified as a Divine Feminine aspect in Proverbs; we hear God’s pleasure in Solomon’s request for Wisdom in 1 Kings; and we are exhorted to live LITANY FOR TRINITY SUNDAY Litany for Trinity Sunday. May 17, 2016. Fran Pratt. In the liturgical calendar, Trinity Sunday is celebrated the first Sunday after Pentecost, to acknowledge the Holy Trinity of God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. We have plentiful references by Jesus himself to God-Creator (Yahweh) as "Father," therefore many traditions refer to God as such. LITANY FOR OUR ENEMIES + THAT TIME I ACCIDENTALLY TOLD MY *I'm sharing a story along with a litany today. I usually try to keep strictly to the prayers, but maybe sometimes a story will give context for how a litany can be a useful place to go, a useful tool in a kit for coping with the reality of evil and posturing ourselves towards Jesus. I accidentall LITANY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (AND MARTIN LUTHER KING *This litany was originally written for MLK day, but also has implications for the 2016 elections. Some of the language was influenced by Brian Zahnd's excellent book _Beauty Will Save The World_, and also the prayer echoes some of the language in the worship song "Form Us" by Casey Corum* The Book
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LENT 4 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR MUD AND SPITMarch 16, 2020
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------------------------- _Sometimes, like now, we have to endure mud and spit so that we can have our eyes opened and receive light in them. The very essentials of earth and humanity spread across our field of vision, that we may become unblinded. _ _When this happens, we have choices: we can scoff at the method, ignore it, resist it. (Gross! Inconvenient! Unneccesary!). Or. We can see it as the love it is. Surrender. Practice gratitude. _ _We are in a moment of apocalypse here on this planet. (Apocalypse meaning “revealing”.) Our fragility and vulnerability revealed. In our privilege we are convinced of our invulnerability. We put our faith in economic forces and our physical capabilities to keep us safe and insulated from hardship, only to learn that they are easily toppled by the most base and microscopic of single celled* foes. _ _The best part about the story in John 9, of the man born blind whom Jesus heals with “mud and saliva”, is the new level of agency the previously blind man seems to step into. He speaks for himself. He decides to follow Christ. He stands up to bullies. He testifies to the Christ (John 9:33). _ _So. We may be whirling. We may feel anxious. But we have an opportunity to have faith in the Light, to regard our new level of seeing as a gift. Because we know that “...Everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." (Ephesians 5:13,14)_ God, we know that Christ has come into the world So that those who are un-seeing might see, And so that we who are certain of our perspective, MIGHT HAVE OUR SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS REVEALED ...Get the full litany
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LENT 2 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR BEGINNER’S MINDMarch 5, 2020
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_The story of Nicodemus put me in mind of the Buddhist tradition of Beginner’s Mind. Jesus tells Nicodemus that he needs newly-born eyes to see the Kingdom of God in action. Jesus tells him that he needs re-born understanding to be able to perceive spiritual/heavenly things. He needs fresh eyes, fresh understanding. If we want to see and the truth about Jesus and his reflection of the image of God, and the Kin-dom God is inviting us to participate in, we need re-bornconsciousness. _
_The concept of Beginner’s Mind is similar - to strive to keep the humble perspective of a beginning learner, to hang on to the fresh eyes of the uninitiated and unindoctrinated. So that we might see something other than what we’ve seen before. So that we can understand on a deeper level, with a higher consciousness. I believe this is what Jesus was referring to when he said in another text, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Unless we relinquish our old consciousness and understanding in favor of a better one, we won’t be able to see the kingdom of heaven right in front of us. _ _Last week’s litany explored the concept of Non-dualism, another overlapping concept among Wisdom Traditions. This week’s litany explores what Christianity has called “being born from above” and “childlike faith,” and the similarities I see between that and what Buddhist traditions have called “shoshin” or “beginner’smind.”_
God, as Christ has spoken, we know we must somehow be “born fromabove” (1),
We know we need fresh understanding, Must learn to perceive with heaven’s consciousness, Learn to set aside our preconceived ideas.This new awareness
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TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY (YEAR A): LITANY FOR OUR TRANSFIGURATIONFebruary 19, 2020
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------------------------- Divine Love, you are a bright cloud, A glorious Presence, You settle your beauty among us, AND WE ARE TRANSFIGURED … get the full litany on patreon In Congregational , Gratitude, Lectionary
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EPIPHANY 6: LITANY FOR INNER TRANSFORMATIONFebruary 12, 2020
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------------------------- _We are presented in Deuteronomy and Sirach with this idea that we get to choose how we live. We get to choose life and prosperity or death and adversity (Deut 30:15). We’re never forced into any path. _ _And then in the Gospel reading, Jesus is giving a treatise on what I’m calling inner transformation; telling us that what happens in our inner lives is as or more important, as or more informative of what actions are expressed in our outer lives. That our motivations come from within. That we need inner transformation before we can become true followers of the path of peace. He’s calling us to a radical self-honesty, to pay attention to our inner selves and do the work involved in deep transformation. He’s asking us to chooselife. _
God, we know that before each of us are life and death; WHICHEVER WE CHOOSE WE WILL BE FOUND (1). We hear Christ’s call to radical self-honesty, HUMILITY, OBSERVATION, AND TRUTHFULNESS (2). get the full litany on Patreon In Congregational , Lectionary , Liturgical Calendar, Small Groups
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EPIPHANY 5 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR SALT AND LIGHTFebruary 5, 2020
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_The Sermon on the Mount, in my opinion the most important piece of Christian scripture, moves along this week. In this portion of Matthew 5, Jesus places himself squarely inside the ancient wisdom tradition of his family line. He emphasizes that what he’s doing and teaching is a continuation of that tradition, a building upon it. He reminds his listeners of the great teachings of the prophet Isaiah:_> _
> “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of > injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go > free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with > the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you > see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own > kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your > healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before > you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard._ _This is how to be salty salt, says Jesus. This is how to be illuminating light. To follow the tradition of compassion, the trajectory of love, the “arc of moral justice”. To season the world with good work. _ God, injustice is a dry meal, bland and indigestible. POVERTY AND PRISONS ROT THE BONES (1). Hierarchy and exploitation cover us in dimness, AND THE POOR AND POWERLESS ARE TRAMPLED IN DUST. get the full litany on Patreon In Congregational , Epiphany, Lectionary
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EPIPHANY 4 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR WHAT'S GOODJanuary 31, 2020
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------------------------- _This week’s Lectionary contains both the famous Micah 6:8 “Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly” admonition, and also Christ’s best and brightest sermon, in which he articulates the values and practices that constitute his religion. Revolutionary teachings, to which I’m clinging desperately and steadfastly these days. _ God, you’ve told us what is good, Christ has demonstrated it, And our experience confirms it: TO DO JUSTICE, LOVE KINDNESS, AND WALK WITH HUMILITY …get the full litany
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EPIPHANY 3 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR FISHING FOR PEOPLEJanuary 21, 2020
Fran Pratt
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------------------------- _This week’s Lectionary gospel is Matthew’s account of the calling of Andrew, Peter, James and John to leave behind their fishing vocation, and take up a new one allied with the Community of Heaven. Jesus famously says: “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Which is a wry and funny thing (in my opinion) for him to say. I’m envisioning us here, gently swept up, netted into a new paradigm of love. _ Oh God, we hear the Good News from Christ: CHANGE YOUR MIND! FOR GOD’S COMMUNITY IS RIGHT HERE, And we take this news to heart, PUTTING ALL OUR ENERGY INTO MAKING THE TRANSITION… Get the full litany on Patreon In Epiphany , Lectionary , Liturgical Calendar, Patreon
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LITANY FOR OUR PLANET January 16, 2020 FranPratt
_I feel a great deal of urgency combined with hope. People, especially people who claim to follow the Christ - the Peacemaking, violence-ending, death-resurrecting Christ - need to wake up to the understanding that caring for creation = caring for the poor. This is my prayer that Spirit People will not wait to face this, that they will start now, make and push for change now. So that we can leave a legacy of a healthy planet to our children and grandchildren. _ God, we ask for your help. Our planet, our mother, is suffering Due to human neglect, apathy, and greed; DUE TO OVERCONSUMPTION, MASS PRODUCTION, AND POLLUTION.…get the full litany
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EPIPHANY 2 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORJanuary 16, 2020
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------------------------- _In preparing to write this litany I was reading through some commentaries, and one point in particular, made by __Dr. Audrey West__,
struck me (especially in regards to __my recent sermon at PeaceWilco__):
that the first quote Jesus utters in John’s gospel account is a question. “What are you looking for” (NRSV), also translated “What are you seeking?” The two disciples, one of whom is Andrew, reply with their own urgent question “Where are you staying?” _ _What are we looking for? This is a deep, compelling, beautiful question. I believe it resonates to us today. What are we looking for? In our addictions, our people pleasing, our unrest, our endless consumption, our entertainment? _ _Are we looking for peace? Connection? To be seen? To be free? To be accepted? It’s not always an easy question to answer. Not even Andrew and his friend answered it - basically, whatever it is we think you’ve got it, Jesus. But it bears consideration for mindful, spiritual people of all traditions. _ God, so many of us are searching and longingFor a good life,
For community and reciprocal relationships,For acceptance,
For peace and freedom from worry,For safety,
For engaging work,
FOR ABUNDANCE….
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EPIPHANY 1 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR THE GENTLENESS OF CHRISTJanuary 8, 2020
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------------------------- _*A litany for the season of Epiphany, Year A, based primarily in the __Lectionary text of Isaiah 42__ . In a
time when continents burn, earthquakes shudder, oceans brim with plastic instead of fish, and endless wars simmer on. Still we look toward a new reality, doing all we can to bring it to pass in ourlifetimes. _
God, as so many stories have given account Of the revelation of Christ To various people, in various times; SO WE LOOK FOR OUR OWN EPIPHANY: Of the nature of the Divine, THE CHARACTER OF GOD...Get the Full litany
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LITANY FOR NO MORE WAR January 6, 2020 FranPratt
_On this Epiphany day, please join __Red Letter Christians__
today in a prayer vigil at 6pm (in your timezone). If you can’t attend a larger gathering, grab whomever you live with or nearby, light a candle, share a moment of silence and #prayforpeace. This litany may be used (with attribution, please) in any prayer gathering focused on peace. Please share and pray. #nowarwithiran _ _We must cultivate peace in our own hearts first, allowing the Peace of Christ to root there. This is our work as we pray for peace in thewhole earth. _
God, we come now to cultivate peace in our hearts That it may reverberate outward. We ask that the Peace of Christ, The peace beyond understanding, The peace that blesses enemies, The peace that turns the other cheek, The peace that leaves vengeance in your hands, The peace that seeks empathy, The peace that practices justice and compassion, THE PEACE THAT DISSOLVES EGO - This baffling and impossible possibility,This radical peace,
Would rest upon the whole world now, AT HOME IN OUR HEARTS, AND ABROAD. We do not want to witness more loss of life, More destruction of homes and livelihoods, More degradation of land and waterways, MORE HUMAN SUFFERING. We do not come to peace lightly. We know that true peace disrupts violent patterns. We are not expecting convenience or ease. And still, we want true peace; That our nation may know no more war, AND OUR CHILDREN INHERIT NO MORE SUFFERING. Oh God, put a stop to war before it begins. Raise up peace in the hearts of war-mongers, Let the egos of the violent be silenced, And let us move into a more beautiful future; Our feet firm and confident on the Path of Peace (1), OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS ROOTED IN THE PEACE OF CHRIST.AMEN
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Luke 1:79
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LITANY FOR WISDOM’S INDWELLINGJanuary 2, 2020
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------------------------- _The__ lectionary passages for this week__ present
us with two Divine emanations: the Wisdom, or Sophia, of God, “covering the earth like a mist,” portrayed as female; and the Christ, God’s human incarnation, through whom “all things came into being,” who is known in male form among humans. We are on the cusp of Epiphany, the revelation of Jesus as Christ, and here we find ourselves being reminded of Wisdom. I like to think of her as the gift of Consciousness. The creator gives us animus, life, and then consciousness finds a resting place within us as host. _ _The scriptures say that Wisdom “took root in an honored people” and “entered the soul of a servant of the Lord.” It’s mysterious and I love it. And it’s a perfect theme for a prayer to start thenew year. _
Wisdom, you came from the mouth of God, AND COVERED THE EARTH LIKE A MIST, You opened the mouths of the mute, AND MADE UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS CONSCIOUS. You find souls who are willing to hold you AND GUIDE, SHELTER, AND REWARD THEM.get the full litany
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CHRISTMAS (YEAR A): LITANY FOR HOLY REFUGEESDecember 24, 2019
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------------------------- _For the first Sunday after Christmas. This litany is inspired by the __account in Matthew 2 __in which
the Holy Family flees the murderous despotism of Herod, leaving secretly on a night journey toward Egypt. _ God, as the Holy Family fled their home country TO FIND REFUGE IN A NEW PLACE (1), In the secrecy of night, FOR THEIR SAFETY, FOR THEIR LIVES,To escape the rule of despots (2) AND THE HANDS OF MURDERERS…Get the full litany
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CHRISTMAS EVE (YEAR A): LITANY FOR SILENT NIGHTDecember 23, 2019
Fran Pratt
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------------------------- _This year's Christmas litany is perhaps more poetic and abstract than others I've supplied. I like to lean into the poetry and metaphor of the major holy days. If your community is not down to poeticize, you can peruse __my selection of Christmas litanies from prior years__.
But I hope you'll use your imagination and go with me here to a silent night filled with feminine energy and imagery, love and light finding embodiment and beginning in a human woman's belly. Christmas blessings to you and your community. _Silent night.
A feminine hollow
Filled with Divinity, DEMONSTRATING HUMANITY’S WORTH.Get the Full litany
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ADVENT WEEK 4 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR MOTHER AND CHILDDecember 17, 2019
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------------------------- _I had trouble keeping this litany as brief as it is. There's so much wisdom and depth in the story of the Mother. In the way human salvation from humanity's misperceptions and misdeeds, this great Correction of Our Understanding, came from within a human body. The wisdom came from within. The Divinity came from within. From a place that might have been overlooked or forgotten: the belly of a girl with no power, no influence, no streams of income, no security. _ _And yet, her "soul rejoices in God her savior." And her song in Luke 1 gives us a grand poetic account of her transformed (saved) understanding. Within her gut Wisdom grows; Word is made flesh; Love gains body. And she BIRTHS it out into the world! Human salvation (by this I mean: setting a-right, justice, redemption from oppression and power hierarchy - not some measly personal salvation from after-life "hell" we usually hear about) begins in the belly of divinely touchedhumanity!! _
_Gosh, I could go on and on. I hope it's enough. _ God, we are not satisfied* Not with the way things are, Not with the direction things are headed, NOT WITH THE STATUS QUO…Get the Full Litany
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ADVENT WEEK 3 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR DESERT AND CROCUSDecember 9, 2019
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------------------------- _“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing” (Isaiah 35:1)_ _This week’s Advent Litany is inspired by the __Lectionary passages_ _from
Isaiah 35 and Mary’s Magnificat in the first chapter of Luke. _ God, from barren things We never expected fruit.From dry ground
WE DIDN’T EXPECT SHADE….Get the full litany
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ADVENT WEEK 2 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR STUMP AND BRANCHDecember 3, 2019
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_I'm in love with this year's Advent litany titles. I dunno, sometimes these details just get me. _ _I've read Isaiah 11 a hundred times in my life and it still makes me weep with the hope of it. Apex predators napping with baby lambs. Lions munching straw as counter-culturally as you please. A community led by Wisdom, where Justice is a given and not something we have to endlessly fight for ... Will it ever arrive? Will this day ever come? The day no one is hurt or destroyed. The day no babies suffer. The day everyone can let their guard down because the dangerhas passed. _
_To me, this is the gospel: this Peaceful Kin-dom waiting in the wings for us to become conscious of it. This Kin-dom that touches every part of creation (male, female, human, plant, animal, ocean, mountain, cosmos) and rights every wrong both here and in the hereafter. And this is the work of Advent: to become conscious of the Peaceable Community. Hallelujah Amen. _ God, things are looking hopeless, AS THEY ARE, WE’RE NOT SURE HOW TO GO ON. We look around and see death and destruction, GREED, DISHONESTY, STRIFE, EGO-SEDUCTION.Get the Full litany
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ADVENT WEEK 1 (YEAR A): LITANY FOR SWORD AND PLOWSHARENovember 26, 2019
Fran Pratt
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------------------------- _A new Liturgical Year! I love getting started with the hope and longing of Advent. I love the depth that the year's reflective opener supports. Down into the darkness. We plumb the depths for hiddenlight. _
God, we are exhausted by ourselves. We’ve been misled and exploited. We’ve been complicit in exploitation. WE’VE BEEN LULLED INTO BECOMING PART OF THE PROBLEM.get the full litany
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LITANY FOR GIVING BACKNovember 25, 2019
Fran Pratt
Hi! Most of my litanies appear on my Patreon as part of my 2019 #yearofwritingsustainably, but every now and again I’m posting one for everyone. This is my gift that I hope you, dear reader, will use and enjoy and share widely. ------------------------- _If you are unaware of the history of the Thanksgiving holiday, __now is a great time to educate yourself__.
This prayer is borne out of the hope that we can resist colonization's forces in our minds, dinner tables, and conversations; making way for a new level of gratitude that resists entitlement, white supremacy, and earth-exploitation._ God, we acknowledge that everything we think we possess, Was always yours to begin with; That the land we dwell in was inhabited by Native Peoples before us, WHO MINDED ITS WELFARE AND APPRECIATED IT; That the water we use daily has passed through plant, animal, andhuman,
Before it ever reached our bodies; That the food on our tables is a gift of the earth, DEPENDENT, AS WE ARE, UPON THE EARTH’S BOUNTY AND HEALTH. We didn’t do anything to deserve what we have been given, And yet we strive to own and consume ever more and more.Our consumption
Is consuming us.
Our destruction
IS DESTROYING US.
We waste our blessings, And toss away our gifts, Then complain that we don’t have enough, AND PRETEND WE CAN’T SHARE. Awaken gratitude in our hearts, Oh God, THAT WE MAY BECOME MINDFUL PEOPLE; Mindful of the least privileged among us, Mindful of future generations, Mindful of history’s lessons, MINDFUL OF THE EARTH. All the resources of earth are yours, God. And all the people, plants, and creatures. Every good and perfect thing Sprang from your imagination. So we open our hands And give them all back to you, In hopes that we might come to know wisdomONCE WE ARE EMPTY.
AMEN
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REIGN OF CHRIST (YEAR C): LITANY FOR CHRIST'S MERCYNovember 21, 2019
Fran Pratt
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------------------------- _Here’s a litany for Reign of Christ Sunday, the last week of the liturgical year. The culmination of all that has come before. Next week, we start over with Year A and the new 3-year cycle. I’m proud of the work I’ve done and the liturgy I’ve produced over these 3 years. I’ve officially now covered an entire Lectionary cycle of modern litanies. My hope is that this work serves the Church Universal, both those who consider themselves part of it, and those that don’t. This is an accomplishment and I’m taking a deep breath of gratitude this week as I pause and think toward Advent and a new3-year pattern. _
God, for so long, we had you all wrong. We thought you were nit-picky and contentious. Quick to punish, full of wrath, FULL OF IMPOSSIBLE STANDARDS.Get the Full litany
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