Truth to speak as we wait: An Advent Litany

Let us ask God to restore us to a place of Advent waiting. 

One:     Against the darkness of waiting, 
All:       we dazzle ourselves with a garish neon skyline of our own making. 
             We are blind to the rising Star of your New Creation. 

One:     Against the silence of waiting, 
All:       we fill our ears with the clatter of common sense. 
             We are deaf to the tone and the tempo of your Song. 

One:     Against the uncertainty of waiting, 
All:       we hide in the stale air of closed rooms. 
             We miss the scent of your Beauty as it passes through our streets. 

One:      Against the nakedness of waiting, 
All:        we hide our skin from the hardness and harm of the world. 
              We miss your healing Touch: warm, loving, strong. 

One:     Against the hunger of waiting, 
All:       we fill our mouths with the same stale cake as always. 
             We miss the Food of angels on your table. 

One:     O God of colour, light and song and scent, of healing touch and heavenly banquet, 
All:       Bring us to our senses in this waiting. Maranatha!

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