PRAYER

December God,

this is the month of Nativity

of expectancy

of the shortest day

and the longest night,

nights that are testament to your creative power

of eclipses silently appearing over southern seas and land

of Super New Moons dipping close to our home

of the bright Geminid showers and the final sparkling Ursids of the year.

The dark of the northern hemisphere lit with the Cold Moon

and the fireworks of the cosmos

putting to shame the paltry shows of humankind.

Month of the Narcissus and the Holly

fragrant, dangerous, berries blood red

offering a portent of what is to come

and the ground hard with mid-winter chill.

The nest-building Heron

mirroring your mother

announcing advent

as she prepares for new life.

What are we that you care for us

in the midst of such grandeur?

You have told us!

We are brighter to you than the brightest star.

We are unique and loved,

gifted with life and burgeoning potential

Help us to celebrate the birth of life

to lay aside the beads and baubles

the scattered wrappings

and look to the arrival of hope

for all that crawls and creeps

for all that cries and cradles

Creation’s children Born anew.

Amen.

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