21st September 2024
Come … let us walk in the light of the Lord. Isaiah 2:5
You Lord, are the source of all good things:
We praise you.
You call us to tend and care for your creation:
May we strive to do your will.
You have made us as brothers and sisters with all that lives:
May we live together in peace.
A reading from Luke 24: 13-17, 25-29
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognising him. And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad. Then he said to them, ‘Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?’ Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with them.
When we walk
our minds are free.
When our minds are free
our eyes open.
When our eyes are open
we see the truth.
When we walk
our minds are free.
When our minds are free
our inner chatter quietens.
When our inner chatter quietens
we hear the truth.
When we walk
our minds are free.
When our minds our free
our hearts open.
When our hearts open
we can embrace the truth.
Jesus, friend and companion, walk alongside us today.
Open our eyes.
Quieten our chatter.
Speak into our hearts.
Fill us with understanding.
Show us new ways of living
Renew in us love for the world.
And as evening draws in, meet us in the breaking of bread.
The Grace
Today I led one of several Christian Climate Action pilgrimages that are taking place across the country this week. Here is a link to today’s walk along the Thames from Hammersmith Bridge – https://greentau.org/2024/09/21/pilgrimage-for-the-planet-3/
The Green Tau 