Opening Prayer

Triune God, you live and reign forever, world without end.

Scripture

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” -Luke 2:14

Reflection

Holy Spirit, kindle the flame of our faith. Grow us in Faithfulness. May we embrace and hold fast to the blessed hope of everlasting life.

Scripture

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” -Luke 2:14

Prayer

God, truly all glory belongs to you.

This day.

The day we celebrate the arrival of your son.

May we find time to relive the total hush of all creation.

The pregnant pause between Mary’s final cry and Jesus’ first.

The collective breath of the world held for what seems an eternity.

The light that chases away all darkness enters not as a raging fire, but a gentle flickering wick.

Bound in all of humanities frailty.

The cry of a child.

A cry of THE child.

The promised one enters His creation the way of all creation, dirty, hungry, tired.

Truly your ways and thoughts are higher than ours.

As this day progresses, will you bring us back again and again to that moment of silence and awe.

Closing

And may we rest in the peace that the darkness can never extinguish the light that has been given to us.

Amen and Amen.