First Sunday in Advent
Reader 1 Mary and Joseph are going on a journey:
Reader 2 A journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
Reader 1 It is a long journey and a hard one.
Reader 2 At the end of the journey will be a baby.
Reader 1 Will you welcome the birth of the Saviour of the World?
All We look forward to welcoming the Christchild.
The first candle is lit.
Second Sunday in Advent
Reader 1 Mary and Joseph are going on a journey:
Reader 2 A journey from pregnancy to labour and delivery.
Reader 1 It is a long journey and a hard one.
Reader 2 At the end of the journey will be a baby.
Reader 1 Will you welcome the birth of the Saviour of the World?
All We look forward to welcoming the Christchild.
The second candle is lit.
Third Sunday in Advent
Reader 1 Mary and Joseph are going on a journey:
Reader 2 A journey from confusion and shock to realisation
and acceptance.
Reader 1 It is a long journey and a hard one.
Reader 2 At the end of the journey will be a baby.
Reader 1 Will you welcome the birth of the Saviour of the World?
All We look forward to welcoming the Christchild.
The third candle is lit.
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Reader 1 Mary and Joseph are going on a journey:
Reader 2 A journey from old lives and old selves to new identities
and a new creation.
Reader 1 It is a long journey and a hard one.
Reader 2 At the end of the journey will be a baby.
Reader 1 Will you welcome the birth of the Saviour of the World?
All We look forward to welcoming the Christchild.
The fourth candle is lit.
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day
Reader 1 Mary and Joseph have been on a journey:
Reader 2 They have travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem;
from conception to the eve of a birth;
from confusion to enlightenment;
from the old creation to a new one.
Reader 1 Do you welcome the birth of the Saviour of the World?
All We welcome with joy the arrival of the Christchild.
The fifth candle is lit.
© Jacqui A Horton 2011