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Chalice Lightings 2003

December 2003 (in English and Spanish)

We light this chalice to remember that life is born again every day.

Encendemos este cáliz como recuerdo de que la vida nace de nuevo cada día.

Submitted by la Sociedad Unitaria Universalista de España

November 2003

We kindle this light in the centre of our circle.

May it symbolise the light and life and warmth In the centre of our beings. May it mirror the light of fellow Unitarians here And around the world.

—Patricia Oliver

Submitted by the Unitarian Church of South Africa

October 2003

A light that silently works in me,
Allows me to know the world in its entirety.
I don’t know what it is or what it wants;
With awe I’ll call it divine.

Ein Licht, das in mir wirket still,
lässt mich die ganze Welt erkennen.
Ich weiß nicht, was es ist und will,
in Ehrfurcht will ich’s göttlich nennen.
—H. Thoma

submitted by Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft

September 2003

A golden thread binds us to all that has been and will ever be.
Here the tender soul yearns.
Here the greatest dreams are sighted.
Here the sacred flame burns.

—Mark Allstrom
submitted by the Australian and New Zealand Unitarian Association
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