Iona Call to Worship

If you come
in certainty or confusion,
in anger or in anguish,
THIS TIME IS FOR US.

If you come
in silent suffering or hidden sorrow,
in pain or promise,
THIS TIME IS FOR US.

If you come
for your own or another's need,
for a private wound or the wound of the world,
THIS TIME IS FOR US.

If you come
and do not know why,
to be here is enough.
THIS TIME IS FOR US ALL.

Come now, Christ of the forgiving warmth,
Come now, Christ of the yearning tears,
Come now, Christ of the transforming touch.
THIS TIME IS FOR YOU.




Kathy Galloway, ed., The Pattern of Our Days: Worship in the Celtic Tradition from the Iona Community.