Liturgy for a Dirty Room
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray…
Creating God,
by your hand and your spoken Word
you bring light to the
darkness,
silence to the cacophony,
and order to the chaos.
Through the life,
death, and resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ
you have laughed in the face of death
and made possible all things.
Merciful God,
we confess that too
often our bedrooms do not reflect
the decent and orderly
worship to which you call us Presbyterians.
Where
there should only be carpet,
there are dirty socks.
Where
there should only be a bed,
there are nine pillows that
serve no earthly purpose.
Where
there should only be a kitchen counter,
there is that one magazine that
you have never read
and, let’s face it, you never will read.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
(here a sung version of Kyrie may
be sung by the congregation and then the liturgist continues…)
Clean and organized
God,
through the resurrection
of your son, Jesus Christ,
all
things are possible.
Release this room for
the power of Satan
and renew our
appreciation for the orderly nature of your Kingdom.
Wipe away all piles of
dirty laundry
and lead us toward the day
when
clothes will return from their exile on the floor
and live forever more in the promised land of the
closet
until
the day that you have preordained them to be worn
by
us, your humble and neat servants.
God of hope,
through the power of
your Holy Spirit,
empower these your
servants hands
to restore hope to socks long forgotten,
to renew space where before was only clutter,
and to return dust to the hell from whence it came.
God of cleanliness,
Strengthen our swiffers,
Vitalize our vacuums,
Direct our detergent,
and bless our bleach,
until the day when
death, dying, and dirt will be no more.
All these things we
pray in your holy and spotless name! Amen.
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