For the last time, this Advent, we gather our week’s blessings, and declare them together:
May we be willing to receive the
unexpected gifts, and in the receiving
may we know the peace
of the Prince of Peace,
who holds all things together.
May we learn to be open-handed,
willing to receive,
when we expected to give.
May we know,
even when life becomes complicated,
there is always
a Light,
which we can come home to.
And may you,
looking back thus far,
see the grace of God in your life.
May you receive
the strange and surprising gifts
that your story
has to offer you.
May you,
like Mary,
ponder them in your heart,
finding solace in them.
And may the places where you long for Christ to come,
receive his presence.
And finally,
This Advent,
may you,
recognise Jesus
in everyone you meet.
May you know,
that the love
you show to others,
is the greatest of gifts that you can offer,
to the One,
whose face
you have pledged your life
to seek.