Sunday 27 November

Reveal among us the light of your presence, that we may behold your power and glory.

Readings (Click the links to see the readings)

Isaiah 64:1-9 | Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 | Mark 13:24-37 | 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Making the House Ready for the Lord
Mary Oliver

Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed but
   still nothing is as shining as it should be
for you. Under the sink, for example, is an
uproar of mice it is the season of their
many children. What shall I do? And under the eaves
   and through the walls the squirrels
have gnawed their ragged entrances —but it is the season
when they need shelter, so what shall I do? And
the raccoon limps into the kitchen and opens the cupboard
   while the dog snores, the cat hugs the pillow;
what shall I do? Beautiful is the new snow falling
   in the yard and the fox who is staring boldly
up the path, to the door. And I still believe you will
   come, Lord: you will, when I speak to the fox,
the sparrow, the lost dog, the shivering sea-goose, know
   that really I am speaking to you whenever I say,
as I do all morning and afternoon: Come in, Come in.
— From: Thirst. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.

Prayer

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

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pottery

"Father, we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand." Isaiah 64:8
Window at Belleek Parish Church, County Fermanagh, Ireland, designed by David Esler

Lord make us turn to you (Psalm 80), recorded at St Mary's Erskenville


May the Lord, when he comes, find us watching and waiting. Amen.

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