Contents
ADVENT RESOURCES
Behind the corridors of space Advent responses 1
Waiting Advent meditation 1
In the beginning of creation Advent responses 2
The people who walked Advent meditation 2
Among the poor Advent litany
A story of light & darkness Advent meditation 3
Open our eyes Advent prayer 1
The desert will sing and rejoice Advent responses 3
Lucky day Advent script 1
Prepare the way of the Lord Advent responses 4
Mary and the angel Advent script 2
The Magnificat Advent meditation 4
Mary, pondering Advent reading 1
Mary and Lizzie Advent script 3
We suspect angels Advent prayer 2
God of the watching ones Advent blessing
Pinning our hopes on Jesus (i) Advent intercessions
Pinning our hopes on Jesus (ii) Advent symbolic action 1
Into our world as into Mary’s womb Advent responses 5
The village gossips Advent script 4
The census Advent script 5
How far is it? Advent symbolic action 2
Registering hope Advent symbolic action 3
Mary’s journey Advent reading 2
The diaries of Joseph and Theodore Advent script 6
The Bethel Inn Advent script 7
Cloth for the cradle Advent symbolic action 4
In hope, the universe waits Advent responses 6
CHRISTMAS RESOURCES
It was to older folk that Jesus came Christmas reading 1
Light looked down Christmas responses 1
This, tonight, is the meeting place Christmas prologue
The journey of Jesus Christmas reading 2
The Incarnation Christmas script 1
Litany of the Incarnation Christmas litany
When the world was dark Christmas intercessions
The shepherd Christmas script 2
And did it happen? Christmas reading 3
They have heard it on the hills Christmas proclamation
The Word Christmas meditation 1
A perfect disgrace Christmas script 3
Michael Mouse Christmas script 4
A special baby Christmas script 5
Once in Judah’s least known city Christmas reading 4
A boy has been born for us Christmas responses
In the face of the Gospel Christmas intercessions
Anna and Simeon Christmas script 6
Women weeping Christmas meditation 2
EPIPHANY RESOURCES
The wise man’s journey Epiphany reading 1
The gatekeepers Epiphany script 1
The soldiers Epiphany script 2
God of God, Light of Light Epiphany responses
God bless us and disturb us Epiphany reading 2
Sources of suggested chants and sung response
Major Feasts of the Seasons with their themes
Readings for the Seasons and Saints Days
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