Prayer for the Week (April 2-April 8, 2023)

Let us pray to God who sent us Jesus to reveal God’s love to us:  Lord Jesus, though mocked and derided, you were not put to shame; though beaten and spat upon, you were not disgraced; though innocent and unjustly crucified, you, the Son of God, have been vindicated by your sinless life and exalted to the right hand of power. As we gather to remember your suffering, fill us with your Spirit, conform our thoughts to yours, and teach us your ways so that the world might see in your body, the church, your ongoing ministry of redeeming grace toward this fallen, spent, and weary world.  Amen.