Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.
Congregation is seated.
The Word of the Lord. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalme, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned. The Word of the Lord. So the True Vine branches from the lily's stem, the Rose without blemish blooms in Bethlehem. More than mind can fathom, limit or untwine, this mysterious yoking, human and divine, but what reason fetters faith at length unlocks, and wise hearts discover truth in paradox.