Fire &
Grace Contemplative Prayer Service
Living Spirit United Church – December 22, 2011 - 9:30am
Welcome
Opening Reading (spoken together)
In the
beginning was the Word,
and
the Word was with God,
and the Word
was God.
He was with God
in the beginning.
(John
1:1-2)
Chant:
O God, we call. O God, we call.
From deep inside we yearn;
From deep inside we
yearn
From deep inside we
yearn, for You
VU #411
(repeat)
Readings…
(Isaiah
7:14) "Therefore the Lord Himself
will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and
shall call His name Immanuel.
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(Isaiah
9:6) For to us a child is born, to us a
son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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(Isaiah 25: 9) It
will be said on that day, ‘Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he
might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and
rejoice in his salvation.'
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Chant:
Bind my
head and my heart in You,
Holy One, O Holy One. (repeat)
Silent Meditation (20
minutes ended by a bell)
Prayers of the people
Loving Father.
Help us to remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the
angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and the worship of the wise men. Close the door of hate and open the door of
love all over the world. Let kindness
come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ
brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts. May the Christmas morning make us happy to be
thy children, and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful
thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen (Robert Louis
Stevenson)
Chant:
And Love says, I will, I will take care of you…
And Love says, I will, I will take care of you…
(repeat)
Closing: (spoken together)
Through
him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In
him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in
the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:3-5)
Namaste.
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We missed your presence this morning and hope these words will help you as we prepare for the last days of Advent.
(hugs)
later man, jan
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