Light one candle on your Advent wreath.
LEADER: Holy Spirit, in you we live, move, and have our being.
ALL: Awaken us to your presence in our joys and struggles.
LEADER: Overshadow us as you did Mary.
ALL: Birth in us new energy for peace making.
LEADER: Help us find ways to beat our guns into microscopes, turn our bombs into bread.
ALL: Help us sweeten our tweets and deepen our dialogues.
LEADER: Bless our capacity to love and give new life.
ALL: Come, complete in us all you have begun. Amen.