O Christ, you are within each of us.
It is not just the interior of these walls,
it is our own inner being that you have renewed.
We are your temple, not made with hands,
We are your body.
If every wall should crumble, and every church decay,
Still, we are your habitation.
Nearer are you than breathing,
Closer than hands and feet,
Ours are the eyes which you, in the mystery,
Look out with compassion on a broken world.
Yet, we bless you for this place,
For your directing of us, your redeeming of us,
your indwelling in our hearts.
And now, take us outside, O Christ,
Outside of holiness,
Out to where soldiers curse and nations clash,
out into the crossroads of life.
And by so doing, may this building continue to be justified.
And all this we ask for your love’s sake.
Amen
Martha Dameron
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