Litany for Holy Week

We will remember the soothing,
And not forget the jarring.

We will remember the sweetness,
And not forget the sour.

We will remember the jagged desperateness of Judas,
and own it;
it is our story too.

We will remember the passion of love
The smell of perfume,

The danger of believing,
The pain of rejection.

And to help us on the journey,
to help us hold the tensions,
to help us face both the delight and the difficulty,
We will say yes
To God’s generosity
We will say yes
To God’s judgement poured out on humankind,
We will say yes
To God’s justice in Jesus.

– Iona Community