Truth to speak as we wait: An Advent Litany
Let us ask God to restore us to a place of Advent waiting. One: A gainst 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