Our ritual began with a
reading from the Gospel of Luke (12:49-53) and was followed by each person tying
a knot in a scarf as they named a person with whom they felt separated due to a
conflict. We ended by praying a Prayer of Reconciliation and Peace that was
written by Michele Birch-Conery, Bishop, ARCWP. We laid the scarf on the table
of worship during the Eucharistic Prayers.
A reading from the Gospel of Luke
All: Glory to You, our Holy One
“I came to set the earth on fire, and
how I wish it were already ablaze! I have a baptism with which to be baptized,
and what pressure I am under until it is completed! Do you think that I have
come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, on the contrary: conflict!
From now on five in any given house there will be conflict, three against two
and two against three; they will be divided:
father against son
and son against father
and mother against daughter
and daughter against mother
and mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
After Reading: The Inspired Word of
Jesus Christ! And we say ...
All: Amen!
Celebrant 1: Creator God, Holy Mother
Wisdom, in the life of Your Cosmos You determined that light should rise from
darkness, and the stars and the sun came to be.
Celebrant 2: We live in night and we
live in day. As in the outer world, so it is in our inner selves.
Co-Celebrant 1: We are awake and we
sleep in the rhythms of the hours, and we know joys and sorrows.
Co-Celebrant 2: There is never one
without the other in the span of a lifetime because of the ultimate freedom You
have given for all persons and all creation.
Co-Celebrant 3: In everyone, in
everything, the dark and the light flourish.
Co-Celebrant 4: We ask You that we
not perish in the darkness of too much dark or in the light of too much light,
but that all be held in balance for the good of all.
Co-Celebrant 5: We take a few moments
of silence to reflect upon when we have chosen Your way of balance and when we
have not.
Co-Celebrant 6: Pour forth Your
Spirit upon us that we may always witness You in light and in dark.
Co-Celebrant 7: Let light always
overcome the blinding dark of violence and war.
Celebrant 1: Let us rise again with
You in the peace of your merciful and compassionate heart.
Celebrant 2: This we ask in Jesus'
name. All: Amen
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