Advent Blessing: Rewriting the Headlines


Here’s an Advent Blessing from Roddy Hamilton, and the New Kilpatrick Parish Church website.

Advent Blessing

darkness still grows
(but the light is gathering)

bread has been broken
(but justice is slipping through)

economists are today's oracles
(but the word is now ready to speak)

blood has been spilled
(but the moment is turning)

the journey is lonely
(but the angels stir)

the handmaid labours
(but the child waits)

go into advent
with expectation
the headlines are being rewritten 

~ written by Roddy Hamilton, and posted on the New Kilpatrick Parish Church website. https://www.nkchurch.org.uk/original-liturgy