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Chalice Lightings

All ICUU-affiliated groups have been asked to submit brief chalice lightings. Every month, a chalice-lighting reading will be distributed to Unitarian and Universalist congregationsaround the world.

We ask each congregation to use the reading for at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the “Global Chalice Lighting” for that month and naming the group which submitted it.

Readings will be circulated in English and, where different, in their original language. It is hoped that the ICUU Global Chalice Lighting Project will enhance the worship experience in our congregations and raise awareness of the international dimensions of our religious movement.

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January 2008 (in English and French)

We light this chalice as a symbol of our faith.
By its light, may our vision be illumined
By its warmth, may our fellowship be encouraged
And by its flame, may our yearnings for peace, justice, and the life of the spirit be enkindled.

Nous allumons cette flamme en signe de foi:
Qu’elle éclaire notre vision,
Qu’elle réchauffe notre communauté,
Et qu’elle enflamme notre désir de paix, de justice, et de vie de l’esprit.

—Traduction française: Nathalie Brunet

—submitted by David Usher (founding President, ICUU)
British General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
unitarian.org.uk