Advent 3: Prayers for the Climate and Ecological Emergency

Send us Fan MailWords and Voice by Jon SwalesMusic Copyright Free.  Click here.Father of Creation,In our bleak mid-winter we are confronted again With Something startlingSomething shockingAnd something profoundly beautiful.A Holy mystery The story that the Mighty GodHas revealed himself In the Babe born in Bethlehem.To him be all praise and gloryFather of Creation,We remember that holy night When eternal son of God Took  up fragile flesh, In a lowly cattle shedgrows inside Marys womb, journies through the birth canal and is born  to a colonised and oppressed people group.To him be all praise and glory.In Jesus we see a new power, a new might at work in the world.A power so powerful, yet so beautifulA power so powerful, yet so lovingA power so powerful, Yet wrapped in swaddling clothes and extravagant mercy. And now,Right now,As we stand within the unfolding of the climate apocalypse,As we lament for what has already been lost,As we grieve in anticipation for what is already locked in.We look to you with advent hope.O come, O Come Emmanuel,Comfort us with your presence.O COme, O Come Emmanuel,Bind up the Broken heartedO Come, O Come Emmanuel,Restore unto us the joy of our salvationAnd now, Right now,As we stand between the first and second coming of your son,As we weep for a world in the grip of beastly powers,As we hope against hope for the manifestation of your cosmic shalomWe look to you with advent expectation.O come thou rod of Jesse, freeYour world from Satans TyrannyO Come thou rod of Jesse, ComeAnd deliver us from from climate breakdown hellO Come thou rod of Jesse, FreeYour world from the tyranny, From the beast of  the unholy trinityDeliver us O Lord from unrestrained capatilsm, Deliver us O Lord from consumerism Deliver Us, O Lord from individualism.Father of Creation, God and Father of our Advent Hope.We thank you that your son  is, A Mighty God who binds up the wounds of the broken heartedWe thank you that your Son is, A Mighty God who who stoops and serves and washes feet,We thank you that your son is, A Mighty God who Holds the hands of the leper, Who takes up his cross,And  recieves a crown of thorns A Mighty God who enters the grave and in doing so deals the death blow to death itself. A Mighty God crucified and raised to life. Asacended to glory. The servant King, the butchered lamb, the name above all names.And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. And now,Right now,As we stand within the unfolding of the climate apocalypseWe look to Jesus,We confess him as Lord,Maranatha, Come lord JesusMaranatha Come lord JesusMaranatha, Come lord Jesus