Midweek prayer:

We find ourselves now in the season of Lent and, though it is a familiar path repeated each year, this year feels different, God. There is a hope present that was only on the horizon last year while our attention is at the same time pulled toward a war and all of its terribleness. As we make our way through these new days, may we continue to figure out how best to love and care and lift up our siblings here, there and everywhere. Your abiding presence is what we will lean on as our walking stick, ever so slightly ahead of us, providing the strength we need for the hills and rocks and surprises on journey.  Bless us all, Almighty One. Amen.