From light comes life.
Deep in the earth, a seed begins to grow.
In our imagination, an idea takes root.
In a moment, love grows.
Safe in the womb, a baby turns.
Song “Voices of Angels”
A candle is lit.
We light a candle for peace, sending
prayers high into the inky heavens and
dreams deep into our human soul.
We light a candle for peace.
May it light our way.
We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Psalm 65
You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,
God our Saviour,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas,
6 who formed the mountains by your power,
having armed yourself with strength,
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the nations.
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
where morning dawns, where evening fades,
you call forth songs of joy.
We pray this Advent time, a time of waiting, for peace, throughout the world, for Gaza, for Ukraine, where little children cannot sleep because of the sound of bombs falling, where people are imprisoned for protesting about the abuse of human rights, where temperatures soar because of climate change and forests burn, for the vulnerable in this time and those sick and dying, for the homeless in their own country and those far from home, for asylum seekers and refugees the world over.
May we not fail you though we face great dangers.
Give us your peace, your wisdom and your strength. Amen
Song “Hymn of the Cherubim”
In our watching and in our waiting
Come Holy God
In our hopes and our fears
Come Holy God
In our homes and in our world
Come Holy God when least expected.
©Janet Morley adapted
