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

[Jean Leahy]

Thank you, Catherine.

Jean

On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 10:02 AM Helena Burnstein via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> 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*
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> Come…
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> Into our world where distress is so pronounced.
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> Come…
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> Bring your healing to the wounds of division.
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> Come…
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> Embolden us with your sense of and sensitivity for justice.
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> Come…
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> Bind our hearts to beat to the rhythm of plowshares.
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> Come…
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> Send us to places and peoples without hope.
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> Come…
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> Help us enlarge our tables for strangers and guests.
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> Come…
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> En-able us to imitate the beauty and wisdom of earth and her creatures.
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> Come…
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> Free us to be a voice for life – in song and art,
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> With words and dreams and actions.
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> Rejoice!
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> Into our darkness and shadows comes light
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> Into our disorder and chaos comes harmony
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> Into our death and diminishment comes resurrection
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