International Council of Unitarians and Universalists Global Chalice Reading
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU) distributes a new Chalice Lighting Reading each month. Congregations are invited to use it during worship services, and to introduce it as a Global Chalice Lighting.
This is a terrific resource for congregations that have an international vision, and wish to have a ritual element of that vision regularly included in worship services.
Global Chalice Lighting for November 2008
The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 63rd in its monthly series of global chalice lighting readings. Congregations worldwide are invited to participate.
All ICUU-affiliated groups have been asked to submit brief chalice lightings for the project. Every month, a reading will be distributed to Unitarian and Universalist congregations around 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.
This Global Chalice Lighting may be read responsively. Presented here in Spanish, English, Italian and German, it is to be used during November 2008.
Spanish
Que este cáliz, que encendemos juntos aquí, impregne e ilumine este lugar, aclarando en nuestros corazones la dirección a tomar, que solemos olvidar durante la semana que va a partir.
Que sus haces de luz brillen profundamente en el alma, prendiendo en su interior sabiduría nueva y nuevos proyectos. Que simbolicen la luz del deber y el entendimiento y el esplendor de la justicia, la verdad, y que nos den calma.
English
May this chalice, that we are lighting here together, pervade and light this place, showing in our hearts the right direction to take, that we not forget during the following week.
May its rays of light shine deeply in our souls, kindling new wisdom and new projects inside us that symbolize the light of duty and understanding and the magnificence of justice and truth, and bringing peace to us.
Italian
Possa questo calice che abbiamo acceso qui insieme pervadere e illuminare questo posto, mostrando nei nostri cuori la giusta direzione da seguire, che noi non dimenticheremo nei giorni che seguiranno
Possano i suoi raggi risplendere profondamente nei nostri cuori, portando una rinnovata saggezza e nuovi progetti interiori che simbolizzino la luce del dovere, della comprensione e della magnificenza della giustizia e della verità Possa la sua luce portare la pace nei nostri cuori
German
Möge dieser Kelch, den wir hier entzünden, diesen Ort mit seinem Licht durchfluten und erhellen und in unseren Herzen den richtigen Weg deutlich werden lassen, damit wir ihn in der kommenden Woche nicht aus den Augen verlieren.
Möge sein Strahl tief in unsere Seelen leuchten, neue Weisheit und neue Pläne in uns wecken, die das Licht von Pflicht und Verständnis, den Glanz von Gerechtigkeit und Wahrheit versinnbildlichen und uns Frieden bringen.
—from the Coruña congregation
Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain
For more information contact international @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.
