Simon de Voil

INVOCATION Psalm 19 musical setting by Jess Ray (adapted slightly)
Purify my heart,
May every word, every thought
Every motive, every intention
Be pleasing in your sight O God
For Your voice refreshes my soul,
Brings joy to my heart,
And light to my eyes
Your words more precious than gold,
Sweeter than honey,
Bringing me life

OPENING RESPONSES
Peace is not the absence of conflict,
PEACE IS THE WAY

Conflict arises and we are given choice before we respond
PEACE IS THE WAY.

Love and action join hands.
PEACE IS THE WAY.

God’s goodness is planted more deeply than all that is wrong
PEACE IS THE WAY.

Because love is greater than hate
PEACE IS THE WAY.

 

CHANTS for walking meditation

Every Step a prayer by Alexa Sunshine Rose
Every step a prayer. Every breath a new Beginning.

I am by Nirnjan Kaur

La Paz de la Tierre
The peace of the earth be with you,
The peace of the heavens too.
The peace of the rivers be with you,
The peace of the oceans too.
Deep peace falling over you,
God's peace growing in you.

Hymn:  God beyond all names by Bernadette Farrell
God beyond all dreams you have stirred in us a mem'ry
You have placed your powerful spirit in the hearts of human kind
All around us we have known you, all creation lives to hold you.
In our living and our dying, we are bringing you to birth.

God beyond all names, you have made us in your image
We are like you, we reflect you, we are woman and we are man.
All around us we have known you, all creation lives to hold you.
In our living and our dying, we are bringing you to birth.

God beyond all words, all creation tells your story;
you have shaken with our laughter, you have trembled with our tears.
All around us we have known you, all creation lives to hold you.
In our living and our dying, we are bringing you to birth.

God beyond all time, you are laboring within us;
We are moving, we are changing in your spirit ever new.
All around us we have known you, all creation lives to hold you.
In our living and our dying, we are bringing you to birth.

God of tender care, you have cradled us in goodness,
you have mothered us in wholeness, you have loved us into birth.
All around us we have known you, all creation lives to hold you.
In our living and our dying, we are bringing you to birth.

Living Psalm 139 by Maria Mankin
https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/living-psalm-139-epiphany-2-year-b/

It’s something, isn’t it, 
to imagine being known so thoroughly
that the pain you hold is understood 
without you having to say a single word,

without you having to testify
about your decision from last year
or ten years ago or yesterday,
when you said the thing that led
to the other thing that brought you
so low you thought you’d never be known
for more than the pain that crystallized
around your hopes and your heart?

It’s something, isn’t it,
to believe in One
who isn’t afraid of your broken parts
or ugly deeds or the cowardice
or the fear or the anger or the
hundred other ways you have tried
to make yourself disappear

when you felt unworthy
of a great and abiding love
and had persuaded yourself
that forgiveness was beyond reach
and grace, an undeserved gift?

It’s something, isn’t it,
to be loved by God,
to be both fearfully
and wonderfully made
just as you are –

not happier, not a work in progress,
or with fewer secrets or scars –
but just you, as you are,
welcome at the table?

PRAYING FOR THE WORLD

Within our darkest night (Taizé chant)
Within our darkest night
you kindle a fire that never dies away,
never dies away.
 
SOLO SONG: Requiem by Eliza Gilkyson
https://abbeyofthearts.bandcamp.com/track/simon-de-voil-requiem-written-by-eliza-gilkyson-mother-of-sorrows

Song: Deep Peace ancient Celtic Blessing (musical setting by Bill Douglas)
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the son of peace to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you

CLOSING PRAYER: The Elements by John Philip Newell
https://www.earthandsoul.org/prayers

In the infinity of night skies
in the free flashing of lightning
in whirling elemental winds
you are God.
In the impenetrable mists of dark clouds
in the wild gusts of lashing rain
in the ageless rocks of the sea
you are God and I bless you.
You are in all things
and contained by no thing.
You are the Life of all life
and beyond every name.
You are God and in the eternal mystery I praise you.

SUNG BENNEDICTION