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| Opening Responses | |
| Reader | We are standing on the edge: our earth – the blue-green jewel we call home – stands on the edge of global catastrophe: her green forests give way to charred blackened mess her blue skies stifled by smog her waters discoloured by filth her climate warming… |
| ALL | WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE THE EDGE OF LIFE - THE EDGE OF DEATH |
| Reader | We are standing on the edge: Earth’s creatures stand on the edge of extinction. Myriad species crafted at the hands of the Creator – delighting Him in their diversity – God’s creatures vanish from the face of the earth – and are lost forever. |
| ALL | WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE THE EDGE OF LIFE - THE EDGE OF DEATH |
| Reader | We are standing on the edge: human beings stand on the cutting edge of a new millennium. Creatures made in God’s image and likeness look into the future with fear – standing on the edge of inescapable debt standing at the edge of hunger and thirst – life lived – but always at the edges… |
| ALL | WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE THE EDGE OF LIFE - THE EDGE OF DEATH |
| Reader | We are standing on the edge: human beings stand on the cutting edge of a new millennium. Creatures made in God’s image and likeness look into the future with fear – standing on the edge of poverty standing on the edge of homelessness standing on the edge of addiction – life lived – but always at the edges… |
| ALL | WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE THE EDGE OF LIFE - THE EDGE OF DEATH |
| Reader | We are standing on the edge: human beings stand on the cutting edge of a new millennium. Creatures made in God’s image and likeness look into the future with fear – standing on the fringes of family-life standing at the fringes of a prosperous society standing on the fringes of what is called "normal" life lived – but always at the edges… |
| ALL | WE ARE STANDING ON THE EDGE THE EDGE OF LIFE - THE EDGE OF DEATH |
| Reader | We will follow You, Lord –
we will go where You go and see as You see. But when we see a world filled with pain – Lord, what hope is there? |
| Scripture Reading - Luke 4: 16-21 | |
| Closing Responses - based on the Millennium Resolution | |
| Reader | Through Christ, the Firstborn of all Creation |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR RESPECT FOR THE EARTH |
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| Reader | Through Christ, Prince of Peace |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR PEACE FOR EARTH’S PEOPLES |
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| Reader | Through Christ, King of Love |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR LOVE IN OUR LIVES |
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| Reader | Through Christ, Lord of the Dance |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR DELIGHT IN THE GOOD |
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| Reader | Through Christ, Divine Healer |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS FOR PAST WRONGS |
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| Reader | Through Christ, Morning Star rising over the world |
| ALL | WE PRAY FOR THE
GRACE TO MAKE A NEW START FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OUR WORLD |
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| Reader | And may God bless us and keep us, today and each day |
| ALL | THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT |
| Reader | And until we meet again |
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MAY GOD HOLD US IN
THE PALM OF HIS HAND. AMEN |
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