Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Dear God,

Today I begin a hectic week of confirmation interviews and plans for Confirmation Sunday. Pentecost, that great day of spirit, is the day when eight confirmands will stand before you. They will answer questions of faith. They will kneel and pray. They will feel the hands of their parents, their lay leader and mentor, and their pastor upon their heads as they are confirmed in the faith. What a great day it will be.

What will I find when each one sits before me for an hour answering theological questions? Are they ready for this momentous decision? Are their hearts prepared to receive you? Are they open to changes that faith will bring? Are they ready for you?

As I look deeply into their faces, will I see the face of Christ looking back at me?

You are
the only God
of faith.
You are
the power,
the sacred,
divine power
of love,
O God.
As I sit
with these youth,
dear Christ,
lead me
in the questions
that lead
to faith,
I pray.

Love, Andrea