led by Aileen La Tourette
Leader: We cannot separate stones from bread
All: Stone was used to grind the wheat
Leader: But we can roll back the stones that block our lives
All: If we ask for help when we need it, if we give help when we are asked, in words or in silence
Leader: We can roll back the stone that keeps us entombed in old fears and guilts, and wornout beliefs
All: If we ask for help when we need it, if we give help when we are asked, in words or in silence
Leader: We can roll back the stones that suffocate and separate and crush people, whole nations and our planet
All: If we ask for help when we need it, if we give help when we are asked, in words or in silence
Reader 1: We celebrate our lives, darkness and light
We celebrate ourselves, awkwardness and grace
We celebrate one another, similarities and differences
Reader 2: We celebrate the beauty and comfort
Of simple everyday life
The taste of bread and the savour of wine
The delight of sharing food and drink
Reader 3: We celebrate vine and grape
Root and grain
Transformations in the course of time
Sun and rain that kindle and swell
Remembering that we, too, are made of these things
Reader 4: As we eat and drink, this bread and wine
Become us, our bodies and our blood
We are part of the great chain of being
Whose smallest link is as essential as its greatest
Let's break the bread and share it with each other
Let's drink the wine and pass it round
All: Our celebration is over; but we leave
Taking our stones and our bread and wine
Lighter because of it and less alone. AMEN!