Epiphany Wisdom Opening Prayer

Opening Pastoral Prayer based on Wisdom of Solomon 7 - Written for Epiphany

Holy Light,  

You are more mobile than any motion; your holiness pervades and accesses all things.   

We thank you for Christ’s teachings which reflect eternal light,  

They are a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of Your goodness.  

Your incarnation in Jesus may have happened long ago,  

but Christ’s wisdom works outside of time, stays pure, and offers a renewal of all things;  

in every generation, Your Spirit passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God and prophets. On Epiphany, your works manifest to us and are more beautiful than the sun, more magnificent than every constellation of the stars.  

Any day defined by the sun is succeeded by the dark of night,  

We thank you for your promises,  

that a life lived in Christ’s teachings can abolish the evil of the world. 

Amen