[Sundaycommunity] FW: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - an Advent Prayer

[Helena Burnstein]

Hi Catherine.
This is beautiful.
Thank you.
Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 23, 2024, at 09:42, Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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> A friend sent this to me and I thought you’d like it too. 
> Happy Christmas and a Blessed, Peaceful, and Healthy New Year, ❤️Catherine
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> O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - an Advent Prayer - by Mary Ann Barrett, OP
> Come…
> Into our world where distress is so pronounced.
> Come…
> Bring your healing to the wounds of division.
> Come…
> Embolden us with your sense of and sensitivity for justice.
> Come…
> Bind our hearts to beat to the rhythm of plowshares.
> Come…
> Send us to places and peoples without hope.
> Come…
> Help us enlarge our tables for strangers and guests.
> Come…
> En-able us to imitate the beauty and wisdom of earth and her creatures.
> Come…
> Free us to be a voice for life – in song and art,
> With words and dreams and actions.
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> Rejoice!
> Into our darkness and shadows comes light
> Into our disorder and chaos comes harmony
> Into our death and diminishment comes resurrection
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