Cristo Negro (Black Christ) Ruizanglada, 2014
Black lives matter.
This picture of Jesus, beaten and broken, his head bowed, speaks to me of the intolerable injustice that people of colour continue to endure.
Today we pray for all those who suffer from discrimination, prejudice, oppression, poverty, ill health or any kind of harm, simply because of the colour of their skin.
If that is you, remember today that Jesus suffers with you, and feels the pain of the injustice.
If that is not you, then pray that today you can do something (however small) to challenge the unjust structures of our world.
Merciful God,
Collect for Racial Justice Sunday, The Church of England
you are righteous and love justice:
stir the hearts of your people that,
rejoicing in our diversity,
we may repent of the wrongs of the past,
and, by your grace, seek the peaceable kingdom of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Forty 100 word reflections for forty days of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, excluding Sundays), using the forty images in the Face to Face with Jesus pack, available to purchase from St Clare’s Shop. Written by Rev Charlotte Gale.
