The following was created for, and used on, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, 2011 at South Congregational Church, UCC in Concord, NH. It is "woven" together using the Lord's Prayer, Matthew 25, and John 1:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, OUR FATHER, and the Word was God, WHO ART IN HEAVEN. He was with God in the beginning, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. IN HIM WAS LIFE, and that life was the light of all people.
And when the Son of Man, THY KINGDOM COME, “comes in his glory, THY WILL BE DONE, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry ON EARTH and feed you, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, YOU DID IT FOR ME. Lord, forgive us our debts AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, and thine is still the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. AND THE DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT.
AMEN.
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