Praying the Prayer Jesus Taught 25/4/09

By the Rev. Kelvin Sauls 

Our Father…
You know me … You know about my HIV/AIDS.

Holy is your name …
    Prince of Peace in the storms of rejection
    Mighty God in the times of my weakness
    Wonderful Counselor in the times of confusion
    Everlasting Father in the times of initial and eventual death.

May Your Beloved Community come…
    Where poverty will be no more
    Where disease will be no more
    Where discrimination will be abolished
    Where justice will abound.

May Your Will become transparent in our culture…
    A culture of intolerance and indifference
    A culture of ignorance and fear
    A culture of exploitation and destruction
    A culture of xenophobia and homophobia.

Set us free to experience Your forgiveness…
    For actions taken and not taken
    For words said and not said
    For limiting your possibility within
    For not forgiving self or others.

Lead us from temptation to transformation
    The temptation of war
    The temptation of haughtiness
    The temptation of ethnocentrism
    The temptation of supremacy.

Provide us with the bounty of health
    The food pyramid, not the politics of food
    Acceptance, accessibility, and equality
    Love, hope and, faith
    Compassion, justice, and peace.

You deserve glory and honor
    For loving me with my HIV/AIDS
    For making medications possible through research and science
    For the experience of comfort from friends, family, and caregivers
    For having prepared a place for me in Abba Father's house.

AMEN for the breath I breathe.
AMEN for Your eternal breath.