Here’s a short litany for the lighting of the second
Advent candle (Year A)…or you could use it as a call to worship and opening
invocation. It was written by Rev. Susan A. Blain, and posted on the Worship Ways website.
Candle
Litany and Prayer
(inspired by Isaiah 11: 1-10 and Matthew 3:2)
We
dream God’s dream, of a world at peace
Where
enemies are reconciled, and children play in safety;
Where
the poor and powerless find justice.
We
remember God’s promise of a Ruler of Peace,
Filled
with the Spirit of God, of wisdom and understanding,
Of
counsel and might, of justice and faithfulness.
We
light this Advent candle, and we pray:
Come
Lord Jesus!
Open
our lives to the Peace which you bring;
let
us turn to you, and get ready!
~ written by Rev. Susan A. Blain, in To Dream God’s Dream: Service Prayers for
the Second Sunday of Advent. Posted
on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/year-a/ace/advent-service-prayers.html
