April 2nd

Invocation for Lent

Into a dark world

a snowdrop comes

a blessing

of hope and peace

carrying within it

a green heart

symbol of God’s renewing love 

Come to inhabit our darkness

Lord Christ, for dark and light

are alike to you

May nature’s white candles of hope

remind us of your birth

and lighten our journey

through Lent and beyond.

Kate McIlhagga