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A prayer in times of trouble

When we find ourselves
in times of trouble;
when challenges appear,
difficulties arise,
and life threatens to overwhelm us,
come to us Holy Spirit.
Come with grace.
Come with patience.
Come with courage.
Come with resilience.
Come with persistence.
Come with hope.
Come with faith.
Come with love.
When we find ourselves
in times of trouble,
come to us Holy Spirit.
Come to calm us.
Come to support us.
Come to sustain us.
Come to challenge us.
Come to comfort us.
Come to challenge us.
Come to encourage us.
Come to guide us.
When we find ourselves
in times of trouble,
come to us Holy Spirit.
Amen.

with thanks to a couple Liverpudlians, John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney, for the recurring refrain

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It comes this night

It comes this night.

Faintly, 
ever so faintly,
it comes.

Above the roar
of anger and hatred,
Above the howl 
of prejudice and bigotry,

Above the maelstrom
of systems and structures,
Above the crash 
of violence and war,

Above the groan
of doubt and despair,
Above the dis-ease
of heartache and heartbreak

Above the tumult
of turmoil and trouble
Above the clamor
of struggle and strife

Above it all,
despite it all
because of it all,
it comes.

Faintly,
ever so faintly,
it comes.

A baby’s cry,
proclaiming
life and
love and 
justice and
peace and
hope,
this night
and all nights.

It comes.
Thank God, it comes.

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