Stand and respond I do to the profession of faith based on Sunday’s readings.
LEADER: We have heard Jesus Christ say that today salvation comes to our house. Let us renew our faith that Jesus is near. Do you believe that our God loves all that is and despises or loathes nothing that has been made?
LEADER: Do you believe God’s imperishable spirit is in all things and in you?
LEADER: Do you believe salvation will come today?
Leader takes the crucifix and gives it to the person at right with a personal blessing or the words below. Each person in turn blesses the person to the right.
______________, Jesus blesses us always.
All: We pray for each other that God may make us worthy of our call in Christ and—by loving power—fulfill in us every work of faith so that we may be glorified in Christ and Christ in us all the days of our lives. Amen.
LEADER: Let us go forth in wisdom and peace.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
Conclude with a sign of peace.