Rise within me like the star
And make me restless
Till I journey on
To seek my peace in you
A candle is lit.
Song “Act justly, Love mercy”
I light a candle for light, sending
prayers high into the inky heavens and
dreams deep into our human soul.
We light a candle for light. May it light our way.
The Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Psalm 77
Will the Lord reject forever?
And will He never be favourable again?
8 Has His favour ceased forever?
Has His promise come to an end forever?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion?
10 Then I said, “It is my grief,
That the right hand of the Most High has changed.
Indeed, God will dwell there forever.”
We pray for people and situations that are on our heart today ...
For Ukraine, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Syria, Belarus, Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Taiwan, for teaching staff, for hospital staff dealing with Covid, for people who are lonely, for people who are hungry, for staff in care homes, for people suffering from war, for people imprisoned for, for people suffering from climate change, for the vulnerable and those sick and dying, for the homeless, for asylum seekers and refugees, for our government to make the right decisions, and finally for the children who we must give a better future.
May we not fail you though we face great dangers.
Give me your peace, your wisdom and your strength. Amen
When the star in the sky has gone
And the wise men have gone back to their homes
The real work of Christmas begins
To find the lost, heal the broken, feed the hungry and release the prisoner. Amen
© Janet Morley adapted
