Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Prayer for Advent

Wondrous Creator

You break forth

In the midst of darkness

Your light shines

Without regard for boundaries

Of space and time


Light of the world

In a world

of fractured relationships

You were born as one of us

Challenging global powers

That compete for our allegiance


Spirit of light and truth

You illumine our lives

You illumine our world

Showing clearly

What is and what can be


We come to you in wonder and in praise

We seek your light

that we may turn from

attitudes and actions that destroy

We seek your wisdom

that we may rightly discern

and live for justice and in love

We seek your life-giving breath

that we may truly live


Amen


These are the words we can trust:

When a person recognises that the most important truth is that there is one and only one God, and that human purpose is to love God with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself

Jesus says to that person, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’

4 comments:

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

This is beautiful. Thank you.

Joan Elizabeth said...

Thanks for sharing. I especially like

Spirit of light and truth
You illumine our lives
You illumine our world
Showing clearly
What is and what can be

Jan said...

This is very beautiful. Thank you.

Sally said...

Amen

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