Memorial Prayer for Dwight Williams
September 1990

Almighty God, receive this our offering of this our memorial.
Receive our confusion of sorrow and relief.

Let them flow forth unto you
until our sorrow is touched with Godly sorrow,
and our relief rests on trust in your goodness.

Lord, hear our prayer
...and let our cry come unto you...

Receive our thanks and praise !

especially our gratitude for Dwight.
Let our grateful memory flow out to you
until our gratitude swells
from a reckoning of our blessings against our complaints
into our embracing the gift of life
whatever it contains.

Lord, hear our prayer
...and let our cry come unto you...

Receive our faith.

Let it flow out to you - right into the shadow of death,
right through that great fear that shakes us
when we are on the verge of trusting in your LOVE alone.

Lord, hear our prayer
...and let our cry come unto you...

Receive the broken offering

of our care of one another -
and through the miracle of the Word made flesh
transform that care and return it unto us
as the bread of eternal life.

Lord, hear our prayer,
...and let our cry come unto you...

Now as our Saviour has taught us we pray...