Prayer Meditation for Advent

We keep coming back to Christmas, O God,
even though we’ve been here so many times.
We’ve been to the manger.
Year after year, we make the journey because the story is in us.
And we will come again, as long as we imagine what can be, and isn’t yet.

We come again to light the candle of Hope.
We celebrate the Hope that is already here.
And we imagine all the ways Hope is still needed in our unfinished world.
And we pray for Hope still to come.

We come again to light the candle of Peace.
Peace is here. All the Peace we need.
And we imagine all the ways Peace is still needed in our unfinished world.
So we pray for Peace still to come.

We come again to light the candle of Joy.
Joy is here. All the Joy we need.
And we imagine all the ways Joy is still needed in our unfinished world.
So we pray for Joy still to come.

We come again to light the candle of Love.
Love is here. All the Love we need.
And we imagine all the ways Love is still needed in our unfinished world.
So we pray for Love still to come.

We keep coming back to Christmas, O God,
because our prayers are needed.
Amen.