Leader: In longest days we pray, may the Light of Lights come to us
All: We wait for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning
Silence, confession, or meditative singing followed by one of these readings
Reader: Psalms 4; 17:1-8; or 139:7-12; or Isaiah 45:2-8; 55: 6-11; or Psalm 119:113-20
Leader: We wait expectantly, longingly for God the True Sun to shine upon us
All: Come, O God Most High
Leader: As we journey with the unborn Christ towards the light of birth
All: Come, O God Most High
Leader: As darkness flees and the Dawn from on high appears
All: Come, O God Most High
Leader: As you spoke to Joseph and the Magi in dreams and speak still to us
All: Come, O God Most High
Females: O God of life, bring to us your light
Males: O God of life, open to us your joy
Females: O God of life, soften to us your anger
Males: O God of life, crown to us your goodness.
A candle is lit
Leader: Christ is the light that comes into the world
All: A light that no darkness will quench
There may be singing, such as the following, to the tune Bunessan
Christ as a light illumine and guide us
Christ as a shield protect us from harm
This night draw near us and be within us
Guarding our sleep and lighting our dawn.
Christ in the lonely, Christ in the hungry
Christ in the sleepless, Christ in the worn
Christ as a light illumine and guide them
Christ as a shield protect them from harm
Amen.
Ray Simpson