a blessing for the advent of love

O God, we are waiting,
we are longing for You,
o Lord of Love.

Jesus come.

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

“and john said,
‘are you the one who is to come,
or shall we look for another?’”
matthew 11:3

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

“God reached down from on high and took hold of me;
God drew me out of deep waters.”
psalm 18:16

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

Blessed are we who look to You o Christ
and wait for the fulfillment of that love
which is higher, deeper, fuller
than anything we have ever known.

Blessed are we in our incompleteness,
this place where we are overwhelmed
who hear you saying, I come! despite all,
I come bringing true life and health
and healing and love that never ends.

Blessed are we who see You, o Saviour
the light that dawned so long ago
in that dark stable,
shining in the perfection of love given,
love received,
enfolding us into the heart of Your beauty
and glory and bliss.

Blessed are we, looking into Your face,
into the gaze of the beloved,
the One who knows us best of all,
and calls us God’s very own.

God have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.

Receive this, your inheritance:
love has come for you.

“I have come that they might have life,
and have it abundantly.”
John 10:10