The following is a poem I wrote a few years ago for this season of light. As an interfaith chaplain working in a clinical setting, I wanted to created a poem/prayer that could address all the faith traditions that gather this time of the year and who celebrate the light.
O morning star,
splendor of light
eternal and bright,
come and shine on all
who live in darkness----
in the shadows of despair
frozen in the winter of unbelief.
Come and shatter the calm of night.
Into the deep of our broken world,
dare to come.
Into the middle of our gloom,
come scatter the glow of hope's candle,
the return of the sun,
the birth of the son.
Let yourself shine
for one night
for eight days
four sundays.
Come rekindle this fire of compassion
in us
behind us
before us
always with You.
image by Jan L. Richardson, Ephiphany
