Moment of Oneness, June 18, 2025, Prepared by Deb Trees

 

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Opening Prayer:

Tomorrow is Juneteenth in the United States, a fairly new celebration of our Emancipation and the final declaration of the End of the Civil War. We celebrate Justice. We celebrate good enduring over evil. We remember sacrifices and accomplishments.

Tonight, let us also celebrate rest.

 

Deep Peace To You. Randy Granger 

https://youtu.be/zhQPYsHZJnc

 

Reading: From Strength to Love, by Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Reader 1.

Let us notice that God is able to subdue all the powers of evil. In affirming that God is able to conquer evil we admit the reality of evil. Christianity has never dismissed evil as illusory or an error of the mortal mind. It reckons with evil as a force that has objective reality. But Christianity contends that evil contains the seed of its own destruction. History is the story of evil forces that advance with seemingly irresistible power only to be crushed by the battering ramps of the forces of justice.

Reader 2.

There is a law in the moral world - silent, invisible imperative, akin to the laws in the physical world – that reminds us that life will work only in a certain way. The Hitlers and the Mussolini’s have their day, and for a period they may wield great power, spreading themselves like a Green Bay tree, but soon they are cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.

Reader 1.

God is able to conquer the evils of history. His control was never usurped. If at times we despair because of the relatively slow progress being made in ending racial discrimination and if we become disappointed because of the undue cautiousness of the federal government, let us gain new heart in the fact that God is able. In our sometimes difficult and often lonesome walk up freedom’s road, we do not walk alone. God walks with us. The forces of evil may temporarily conquer truth, but truth will ultimately conquer its conqueror. Our God is able.

Reader 2.

Only God is able. It is faith in him that we must rediscover. With this faith we can transform bleak and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of joy and bring new light into the dark caverns of pessimism. God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed. Come what may, God is able.

Reader 1.

When our days become dreary with low covering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a great benign Power in the universe whose name is God, and he is able to make a way out of no way, and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrow's. This is our hope for becoming better [men] people. This is our mandate for seeking to make a better world.

These are the words from Our God is Able, from Strength to Love, and we affirm them by saying, AMEN.

 

Let us take a moment of silence to absorb these good words.

silence

Prayers of Petition

Holy One, you give us hope for our life as we learn to listen and follow you. 

RESPONSE: We are full of hope and light.

Holy One, you make sure that we have the experiences to fulfill our calling to be servants, friends and companions on this journey. 

RESPONSE: We are full of hope and light.

Holy One, you allow us to have free will and to give thanks for all that we are given. 

RESPONSE: We are full of hope and light.

Holy One, we bless your name as you walk with us on this path.

RESPONSE: We are full of hope and light.

What would you like to add. Please bring your prayers and petitions to share with all.

 

The Prayer of Jesus. (from Miriam Therese Winter)

O Holy One who is within around and among us.

We celebrate your many names.

Your wisdom come, your will be done

Unfolding from the depths within us.

Each day you give us all that we need.

You remind us of our limits, and we let go.

You support us in our power, and we act with courage.

For you are the dwelling place within us,

The empowerment around us,

And the celebration among us,

Now and forever. Amen.

Closing Prayer:

Send us forth with the Knowing of your spirit inside us. Be with us in Hope as we live our lives of Love and Service. Keep us always close to you. Our hearts are full of your Grace. Help us to live a life of Peace, and to radiate that to all whom we encounter. Help us to always have faith that You are Able.

 May we have a restful night and a peaceful sleep.

 AMEN.