Wednesday in the Third Week of Advent

A Reflection from Iona

The land is waiting for the frost,

to destroy the diseased plants, to cleanse the soil of pests;

waiting for the snow to blanket and protect new shoots;

the world is waiting for the shortest day, the longest night,

for the turning of the year and the return of the light.

The people are waiting, waiting for justice - 

to change their lives.

Refugees are waiting, in their in-between world,

to return home, for the past to be restored,

or for the future to be different....

The world is waiting.

Prayer

God of latent life and growing shoots,

we wait for you in an expectant world:

we long for your wisdom to be at work in our lives

and, with our brothers and sisters,

we yearn for your justice to be done on earth.

Amen

From Advent Readings from Iona by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard