A prayer for the woman preaching

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Rosalind C Hughes

Loving, life-giving God,
God of Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth,
God of Miriam, and Your many Marys;
God of our mothers, our wives, our sisters,
where men have preceded, succeeded,
pleaded that they do not need us;

while the world learns to walk
without us, away from us,
You remember us as
the woman who anointed Your anointed one.

Ah, God,
Mother of all gods,
remember your daughter
in the name of Your Son,
loosen her tongue,
bear her spirit above
the waters of creation:
let her utter Your Word.

Image: Le repas chez le pharisien, James Tissot [Public domain], via wikimedia commons

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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4 Responses to A prayer for the woman preaching

  1. Percy Grant's avatar Percy Grant says:
    February 21, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    Thank you

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  3. Susan Haseltine's avatar Susan Haseltine says:
    February 22, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    Yes, we do stand in need of prayer. Once a man tried to drive me off the road because I had led worship and a business meeting at a Presbyterian Church. Interest how moments of terror remain.

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