Our concluding candle liturgy for this year...
In the beginning was
the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him
nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light
of all mankind. The
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
There was a man sent
from God whose name was John. He came
as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might
believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the
light.
The true light that
gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made
through him, the world did not recognise him. He came to that which was his own, but his
own did not receive him. Yet to
all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right
to become children of God – children born not of natural descent, nor of
human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one
and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1: 1-14
God came into the world so that none would live in darkness.
Glory to God in the
highest!
The light shines in the darkness
and the darkness cannot
overcome it.
This is the good news for all people:
to us is born a Saviour,
who is Christ the Lord.
The world has been irreversibly transformed.
It is made new with hope,
peace, joy and love
In Jesus Christ our Lord
(The candle is lit.)
Let us pray:
Source of light, shine in
our lives and in your world
with your transforming
power
Through Jesus Christ the
Word made flesh we pray. Amen.
Shalom
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