Words and Voice by Jon Swales
Music:: Used with permission 'It pours' Chris Sayburn
18: A Conspiracy of Compassion
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
We praise that you proclaimed the Kingdom of God,
And demonstrated what this looked like by
Welcoming the outcast,
Feeding the hungry,
Healing the sick,
And speaking truth to power.
You laid down your life as an act of self-giving sacrificial love.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
You offer a revolution called Love,
A rebellion called Peace,
A conspiracy of Compassion,
That seeks to set the world to rights.
You laid down your life as an act of self-giving sacrificial love.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
We live in a world of climate breakdown.
We are facing a world of increased migration, refugees and those seeking asylum.
We are facing a world of food shortage, malnutrition and starvation.
Climate breakdown acts as a threat multiplier as
Temperatures rise,
Sea levels rise,
Conflict increases,
Extreme weather events increase.
Lord have mercy.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God
We are vulnerable,
We need your Kingdom.
We are vulnerable,
We need justice and peace.
We are vulnerable,
We need you to act, move, inspire, comfort.
In this storm of climate breakdown,
We ask that you would wake up.
That you would
Welcome the outcast,
Feed the hungry,
Heal the sick,
Speak truth to power,
Reign and rule with self-giving sacrificial love,
Overthrow the works of the evil one,
So that unrestrained capitalism would no longer destroy the world.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
You have called your church to be your body,
We are your hands and feet.
If we ask why you are not awake,
It is because we are asleep.
If we ask why you don’t speak,
It is because we are silent.
If we ask why oppression rules and reigns as a king,
It is because we have not lived with self-giving sacrificial love.
If we ask why the hungry starve and the stranger feels cut off,
It is because our hearts, like stone, have not shown compassion.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
In a world of climate breakdown,
Call us afresh to a kingdom conspiracy.
A Conspiracy of Compassion.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
We pledge allegiance afresh to you.
In a world of climate breakdown,
We commit ourselves to a Conspiracy of Compassion,
A Holy Revolution,
A Holy Rebellion,
Against anti-kingdom forces that come to steal, kill and destroy.
We conspire with Love,
For those who think they are forgotten.
We conspire with Peace,
For in a world of escalating conflict.
We conspire with Truth,
For a world in denial.
We conspire with Hope,
For a world in despair.
Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Living God,
The butchered and risen lamb who rules and reigns,
We conspire with your compassionate Kingdom.
To you be all praise, honour and glory.
Amen