Voice 1: Arise, beloved ones
and come to the feast
where all are welcome
and all is ready.
God’s light has become manifest----
the light shines in and around you
but also within you.
Let it shine.
Voice 2 Let the transforming power of love
shed light into your chaotic places,
your tragic places, and your hopeful places.
Let it fill you.
Voice 1: You cannot see the path ahead,
you cannot divine the way.
You will make the road by walking it.
You will go home a different way.
Do not be afraid.
God knows that our deepest fear
is not that we are inadequate:
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful
beyond measure.
“It is our light; not our darkness
that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
Voice 2: Come, gorgeous
ones
to the table of life
and share this meal
for all is prepared,
all is ready for you.
(People come forward and place their gifts around the table)
Voice 1: The
Holy One is here in our minds and in our hearts.
Voice 2: Let us open our spirits to God.
We come open and ready. We
give thanks and praise!
Voice 1: O God, our mother and father, bread baker and
wine maker, we give you thanks and praise. You worked the world into being, instilled
all creation with life, and shaped us as your people.
Voice 2: In
Jesus Christ, the bread of life and the true vine,
You feed us with the Word and
quench our thirst for justice.
At table with a circle of his
friends,
Jesus took bread and blessed
and broke it, and gave it to them saying: “Take. Eat. This is my body given for you.
Remember me, each time you do this.”
Voice 1: After
supper he took a cup, gave God thanks for the wine,
and shared it with his
friends saying: “Take. Drink. This is my
blood, love poured out for you. Remember
me, each time you drink it.”
Voice 2: Spirit of the Living God, help us recognize
the risen Christ
in the breaking of the bread
and the sharing of the cup.
Send
your blessing on this bread;
Send
your grace upon this cup.
This
is the feast of love for the people of God.
Voice 1 (holding up the
bread) May the living God be reborn in you.
Please pass the bread to the person next to you.
Voice 2 (holding up the
cup of wine, “Love born and poured out for you.”
painting by ChrisCowan
