Monday Meditation:
Compassionate God, cheap
in this time of darkness, look
we wait with hope for the One
who will come and show us your light.

As we revel in the merriment of the season
and the sparkle of decorations, pharm
remind us there are also many
for whom the holiday season is not one of joy and good cheer.

We pray for those who cannot see Your light in the darkness.
Show them that hope lays, Holy One,
not in the commercialism of Christmas,
but in the concept of the Christ child.

We pray for those who grieve this Advent season,
facing the first Christmas after losing a loved one.
Shroud them in Your comfort.
Through the story of the Christ child,
let them touch the eternal.

We pray for those who struggle to feel joy
because they’re mired in mounting bills,
and in despair for lack of employment.
We pray for the greedy,
that they will loosen their iron-fisted grip
on the world’s resources.
Let both the oppressed and the oppressor see the light, Lord.
Let us all see the light.

We pray for those whose family dynamics make holidays
not a time of festive joy,
but instead a time of stress and anger.
We pray that through your grace, hearts can be softened,
old hurts can be released,
and a door opened to reconciliation.

Burst forth into the now, God,
as you do in the story of Jesus’ birth.
Let your consciousness bloom into our world,
changing our reality forever.
Help us all see beyond the physical.
Help us believe in the metaphysical.
For it’s in the seams between reality and imagination
that a new consciousness blossoms,
that a new world vision takes root.