Light

While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here! “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness. Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.” Luke 11:27-36 

Light

O Wondrous Creator of sun and moon

who hung the sky will brilliant stars

the world is turning cold and dim

bring your light to our hearts today.

Where there is cruelty let us be tender

where there is violence let us be healers

where there is judgment let us be recocnilers

when the storms loom on the horizon let us be shelter.

Make our every action bring light

let our every thought be one of love

make our hands and hearts reach out

let us sing for the living and the dying.

Let your light so shine within each of us

that we cannot help but be loving and kind

let us bear the pain of sisters and brothers

as thanksgiving for the love you have given. Amen.