LEADER: Let us breathe in deeply and breathe out, in and out. Take heart in the Spirit within. Jesus, the bringer of peace and justice, challenges us to live his mission in this Advent season.
ALL: We resolve to bring peace and justice where we live.
Pause to make personal commitments or say them aloud.
LEADER: May the Lord Jesus increase in us.
ALL: May we overflow with love for one another.
LEADER: May we stay attentive to God’s nearness.
ALL: In night and day, friend and foe.
LEADER: May people say of our city and nation —
ALL: God, our justice, lives here.
LEADER: Let us join hands and pass the energy of peace to the persons whose hands we hold. Let us connect our hopes for the common good of our world.