These candles represent our deepest longings

For our lives

            For our church

            For our neighbors

            For our world

As these candles burn throughout the year…

            May each candle offer a kind of silent prayer

            Expressing our hopes and dreams

            Permeating, like candle smoke, throughout the atmosphere

            Illuminating like candle light, the space around us

            Warming, like candle flame, the hands and hearts of each of us.

A candle is intended to be used

May our lives, be similarly used

            To bring our deepest longings to fruition

As we bless these candles

            May we bless our world.