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.
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.
Song “The Angel Gabriel”
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We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language
Isaiah 16
The oppressor will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne will be established;
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house of David—
one who in judging seeks justice
and speeds the cause of righteousness.
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
Instrumental “What child is this?”
In our watching and in our waiting
Come Lord Jesus
In our hopes and our fears
Come Lord Jesus
In our homes and in our world
Come Lord Jesus
Come Lord Jesus, when least expected.
©Janet Morley adapted
