Tuesday, I shared an Advent prayer with all of you. Today, I would like to share another Advent prayer as we begin this holy season of preparation. This prayer is adapted from a prayer from Catholic Relief Services. I love different prayers and poems that so eloquently present a truth of our faith and a truth of our human condition. May we all be able to recognize Christ’s light this Advent season. May we all aspire to pass on this light to others through our love, charity, and example of faith. Father Lincoln.
Loving Jesus, in your name, we mark this season: As we bring forth light to defy the claims of darkness, as we bring forth joy and song to defy the claims of sadness, as we bring forth a spirit of generosity to deny the claims of want, as we bring forth peace to defy the claims of war.
That in the darkest, saddest, most wanting, violent corner of the world, all may look to Bethlehem, where, in the humblest of circumstances, in a time of repression from the person of a poor refuge woman, in the messiness and dirtiness of a manger, in the form of a most vulnerable child, you came among us to say, “No, there is a light in the world.”
Let us be this light to others. Let us be the fruit of the branch of Jesse’s tree. Let us be the bearers of the indescribable gift that is your grace. Let us defy all false claims on your people and their dignity. And so, may you be born anew, into every season, into every age, into every land, and into every human heart. AMEN.
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