Bible Litany

Date added: 29/05/2020

BIBLE LITANY

In the beginning was the Word.

God spoke his word through

Abraham and Moses, 

Deborah and Hannah, 

Samuel and David, 

Isaiah, Zechariah. 

It is written - it is written.

And the Word became flesh.

God spoke his word through

Mary and Elizabeth, 

Simeon and Anna, 

Peter and Paul, 

Matthew and Johanna. 

It is written - it is written.

God speaks his word in 

Urdu and Tamil, 

Xhosa and Hausa, 

Spanish and English, 

Mandarin and Maori. 

It is read - it is read. 

In the beginning was the Word, 

And the Word became flesh. 

It is written, it is read; 

It is old, it is new;

It is God’s, it is true.

© Graham Kings, Nourishing Connections (Canterbury Press, 2020).

First published as ‘Canterbury Rap’ in News of Liturgy 1993 and then in John Stott et al., The Anglican Communion and Scripture (Regnum Books, 1996), also on Fulcrum, Spiritual Journeys and Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion.