Lord,
tonight we will face all that most concerns us:
our
fears, the shadowed places of the mind;
the
coming of winter darkness;
the
cold thin place between waking and sleep.
We
call to mind the powerless, the lonely,
those
who most fear the knock at the door;
all
those deceived by the world’s empty promises;
all
those cowed by menaces or threats.
We
stand with those weak in body, mind or spirit
and
those seduced by treats or hurt by tricks.
Lord,
your light shines into every darkness.
You
told us: pray ‘deliver us from evil’.
Your
Spirit gives us hope, gives us courage,
a
candle in the window unhurt by the wind.
Amen
~
from the Church of England. Posted on Preach
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