This litany originally appeared in "In the Beginning was the Word—Advent 2: The Word and Creation."
Litany of the Faithful
From the pages of your holy word we lift the names of Abel and Enoch,
these faithful ones who saw from a distance and welcomed the promises of God.
From the pages of your holy word we lift the names of Noah and Abraham,
foreigners and nomads here on earth looking forward to a country they could call their own.
From the pages of your holy word we lift the names of Abel and Enoch, Noah and Abraham,
trusting servants looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland.
From the pages of your holy word we lift the names of Abel and Enoch, Noah and Abraham,
those you, O God, were not ashamed to be called their God, ones for whom you prepared a heavenly city.
From the pages of today we lift our own names, foreigners and nomads, looking for a country to call our own, a heavenly homeland.
God, be not ashamed to be our God and bring us also into your heavenly city.
—Based on Hebrews 11
Revised Common Lectionary
Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 14 (19)
Year C: Season after Pentecost—Proper 15 (20)
