and to do the work of Jesus in the world today.
All: And what is that work?
Reader: From Luke 4:18: “... [t]o proclaim good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoner,
recovery of sight for the blind, and to set the oppressed free.”
All: It is up to us to be the good news of love and liberation.
Reader: We can do this once we see the world through the eyes of God,
who sees those who are suffering and oppressed as “blessed.”
All: Then we can hear the call of “Your Kingdom come, on earth as in heaven ..."
Reader: ... which cries out all around us for God’s restoration, mercy, and healing
here and now.
All: God, may your kingdom come as we give thanks and praise.
