Moment of Oneness - December 22, 2021

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Opening Prayer:  Be still and now that I am God. We wait in peace and contentment. 

 

Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
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An Advent reading excerpt from Joan Chittister

 

Advent is about waiting and waiting is not easy.  There is much to wait for now in life: human development, love, peace in the church and in the world. And most of us do not wait well for what we want or what we are meant to be.  We get impatient or we get depressed. We question or we doubt. We argue or we alienate. 

And now, we all wait, not for the coming of Christ, God took care of that- but for the coming of the Gospel which we are delaying in the name of God. 

What is there about waiting that is redemptive.  The chosen people taught us how to wait and why. They waited for years and decades and centuries through captivity and the destruction of the temple and the Roman occupation. And they never gave up. 

Now women must wait through the captivity of their full humanity by the church.  Now nations must wait through the mad planning for the destruction of the planet by government sick with power and paranoid with fear. Now the poor and uneducated and middle-class unemployed must wait through occupation by the militaristic mind-set for the return of social programs and high ideals for all.

 

While we wait we can learn and grow and become stronger than ever in our convictions. We can be conscientious and creative.  And no matter who wants to suppress us or silence us we can be signs of hope that never, never go away. We never give up. 

Prayers of Blessing and concerns:

May we be aware of the many blessings we receive every moment of everyday.  

 

We pray for all those who feel less than during this season of abundance.

 

We pray for all families who are separated.

 

We pray for all those suffering from Covid, and we pray for all caregivers who tend to their many needs.

 

Please add your own intentions this night……

 

Closing Prayer:  Blessed are you Mary who taught us to say yes to the Holy One.  You taught us to wait with love. The Holy One has done great things for all of us.  

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