A Season of Light

The final months of the year bring many traditional celebrations that involve light--Saint Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and the Winter Solstice to name just a few. Slowly the amount of daylight has grown shorter and the darkness has become longer allowing the opportunity to reflect inwardly on the light that resides in each of us.  

I share this beautiful prayer tonight as we bring the darkness to a close on the Winter Solstice and step into the cycle of the sun's return remembering the luminosity in all beings. 

A Winter Solstice Prayer
The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared death and evil and all the dark powers of winter, we fear that the darkness of war, discrimination, and selfishness may doom us and our planet to an eternal winter.
May we find hope in the lights we have kindled on this sacred night, hope in one another and in all who form the web-work of peace and justice that spans the world.
In the heart of every person on this Earth
burns the spark of luminous goodness;
in no heart is there total darkness.
May we who have celebrated this winter solstice,
by our lives and service, by our prayers and love,
call forth from one another the light and the love
that is hidden in every heart.
Amen.
-Edward Hays- Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim
 
May this Season of Light be filled with love and peace!