Bid Thou Our Sad Divisions Cease

A meditation for the waning days of Advent. “To grow benevolence — to live our lives in alignment with God’s values of love, justice and compassion — is to stand in opposition to the rulers of the world of gloom — to be a light to the nations — to strive to make peace on earth, goodwill to all not just a hymn we sing once a year, but a reality we live all year long.”
Offered at Advent Evensong at All Saints Church in Pasadena
by the Reverend Canon Susan Russell, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles