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 “Im no longer a slave to fear”
A candle is lit.
We light a candle for hope, sending
prayers high into the inky heavens and
dreams deep into our human soul.
We light a candle for hope. May it light our way.
The Lords Prayer in our own language
Reading Isaiah 29
Is it not yet just a little while
Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
18 On that day those who are deaf will hear words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of those who are blind will see.
19 The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,
Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
21 Who cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.
Our prayers
We pray this Advent time, a time of waiting, for peace, throughout the world, a Covid world, 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 Covid 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, and finally for our children and grandchildren who we must give a better future. In Jesus name we pray, Amen
Come Holy God
Send your Spirit
To make us brave
And show us what to do
To build your world
Of love and justice
And to care for the earth
You entrusted to us. Amen
©Iona Community and Janet Morley adapted
