Winter Solstice Service, December 21

SOLSTICE: God's Comfort

As the sun sets on December 21st at 5:10 pm, the longest, darkest night of 2022 begins. In literature, darkness has been associated with the negative: sorrow, loneliness, despair, death. Its opposite, light, connotates the positive:  goodness, hope, joy, life.
 
There must be some truth to this symbolism. I’ve felt it; you’ve felt it. God knew how light would make us feel. Genesis begins with the creation story. There we read that God’s first action was the separation of light from the darkness that exits and God said that light was good. This shows his understand and deep compassion for us. On a planet and in our physicality and term limit of life, one can expect that with the good will also come the no so good.   

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”  2 Cor 1:3.
 
And God’s loving compassion is what our Winter Solstice Service extends to all who come in person or on-line. Everyone has suffered some sort of loss these past 365 days since our last healing service. Losses due to death, sustained illness, companionship, employment, lack of normal social interaction, unpredictable social behavior, and on and on have seeped deep into our bodies, mind, and soul. They can keep us shrouded in darkness. They can alter our perception, demeanor, expectation. St. Luke’s Winter Solstice Healing Service offers you the opportunity to bring your losses and anxieties into the light. There you can receive God’s comforting love and begin the healing process. You can attend in person (please observe social distancing and/or mask wearing) or view online on YouTube via the QR Code (posted soon). Let’s begin our healing in the company of our faith family.