An alternate short candle liturgy for Christmas Day based on the less familiar lectionary reading for today from Isaiah 62:6-12
VOICE 1: Clear the way!
VOICE 2: Remove the rubble!
VOICE 1: Raise a flag for the world to see.
VOICE 2: The Lord God has made a proclamation to go out to the ends of the earth:
VOICE 1: Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your Saviour comes!
VOICE 2: See, his promised reward is with him, and his blessing comes with him.
VOICE 1: They will be called his Holy People, those Redeemed by the Lord;
VOICE 2: The city long deserted will become a place of pilgrimage.
VOICE 2: Remove the rubble!
VOICE 1: Raise a flag for the world to see.
VOICE 2: The Lord God has made a proclamation to go out to the ends of the earth:
VOICE 1: Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your Saviour comes!
VOICE 2: See, his promised reward is with him, and his blessing comes with him.
VOICE 1: They will be called his Holy People, those Redeemed by the Lord;
VOICE 2: The city long deserted will become a place of pilgrimage.
All 5 candles are lit finishing
with the central one.
Let us pray:
Lord we thank you that with the birth of your
Son
Your promised were proved true.
Our saviour has come
And we rejoice.
May we live our lives as his Holy People.
AMEN
Selah
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