Beloved Christ,
Emmanuel - 'God with us' -
you came as a hidden, gentle presence
into our dark world,
and changed it for ever.
Come into our hurting world now,
and redeem it from the inside.
In this uncertain time,
help us to know
that you are always with us,
no matter what.
As you have given yourself to us,
grant me the grace to offer myself to you.
In the stillness
I draw together the fragmented parts
of my daily life,
all my longings and hopes,
my hurts and my delights,
and I offer it all to you.
Receive and make good my gifts
as I walk through life
with you.
May everything I am
become one
single
Yes
to you.