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    This document provides the order of service for a Diwali prayer service. The service begins with welcoming attendees and includes bhajans (hymns), a penitential rite where attendees acknowledge darkness in their lives, and an exchange of peace. Scripture readings are from 1 John and Matthew, followed by a homily. Prayers of the faithful are offered asking Jesus to guide them. The concluding prayer praises God for illuminating lives through Jesus Christ and asks that attendees become bearers of Jesus to non-Christian brethren.

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    This document provides the order of service for a Diwali prayer service. The service begins with welcoming attendees and includes bhajans (hymns), a penitential rite where attendees acknowledge darkness in their lives, and an exchange of peace. Scripture readings are from 1 John and Matthew, followed by a homily. Prayers of the faithful are offered asking Jesus to guide them. The concluding prayer praises God for illuminating lives through Jesus Christ and asks that attendees become bearers of Jesus to non-Christian brethren.

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    This document provides the order of service for a Diwali prayer service. The service begins with welcoming attendees and includes bhajans (hymns), a penitential rite where attendees acknowledge darkness in their lives, and an exchange of peace. Scripture readings are from 1 John and Matthew, followed by a homily. Prayers of the faithful are offered asking Jesus to guide them. The concluding prayer praises God for illuminating lives through Jesus Christ and asks that attendees become bearers of Jesus to non-Christian brethren.

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    PRAYER SERVICE FOR DIWALI

    Introduction

    Welcoming – The faithful is received with sandal paste. The priest


    is welcomed with an Arathi.

    Bhajan

    Celebrant: The people who walk in darkness have seen a dazzling


    brightness. A great light has dawned in the east, mocking the sun
    and the moon, putting the stars of heaven Christ the Lord. “In his
    light we see light”. Enter without pretensions into this joyful
    encounter with Him.
    May the eyes of the Father rest upon your eyes, the love of
    the Son throb in your heart and all its movements and the
    comradeship of the Spirit walk with you.
    All: Amen.
    Commentator: Myriad little lamps illumining millions of our homes
    proclaim the festival of lights. We rejoice with all the people of our
    land and bring to the altar our own little lamps. Indian tradition
    attributes the origin of Diwali to the coronation of Rama, as the king
    of Ayodhya. On that night, it is said, there was illumination all over
    the country. Another legend attributes the feast to the coronation of
    the good king Vikramaditya. According to another legend, the feast
    marks the destruction by Vishnu of the demon Naraka. All these
    traditions reveal an underlying theme: Diwali is rejoicing at the
    victory of good over the forces of evil, jnana over ajnana, sat over
    asat.

    Penitential Rite: The faithful accuse themselves of their being the


    cause of darkness.

    Commentator: As an expression of our deep sorrow for our


    infidelities to the covenant with the lord, yearning for full fellowship
    with him and others, and determined to make a total commitment
    of ourselves to the designs of the lord let us do the panchanga
    pranama.

    Celebrant: May the god of peace who brought from the dead our
    lord Jesus enable you to stand before him face to face. In his light,
    there is no darkness. Bask in its shadow it is brighter than sun. May
    its flames lick the hearth of your soul and purify it of dross and
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    decay, equipping you with everything that is good through Jesus


    Christ to whom be the glory for ever and ever.

    All: Amen.

    Exchange the sign of peace.

    Commentator: In the beginning when god created the universe,


    the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered
    everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was
    moving over the water. God commanded “let there be light and
    there was light.” God was pleased with what he saw. Then he
    separated the light from darkness and he named the light ‘day’ and
    the darkness night.

    Lord, it is night. A sea of darkness engulfs us. Terror,


    ignorance, unbelief, worries, poverty, sin and death. Destroy all
    powers of darkness. Let the light of your resurrection shine and let
    is be day.

    Bhajan

    Liturgy of the Word: Homage is paid to the Bible with double


    arathi.(pushpa and dhupa).

    Celebrant: Fountain of truth, knowledge and bliss, he who drinks of


    your stream will not thirst. May he who quickens the intellect and
    kindles the heart strengthen you with his power to proclaim the
    saving word.

    Commentator: As a sign of our openness to receive God’s word


    into our life. We shall keep our palms open and turned upwards
    resting on our knees.

    First reading: 1 Jn: 1/5-10.


    Bhajan
    Gospel: Mt: 5/14-16 or Jn: 8/12.
    Homily

    Prayer of the Faithful


    Celebrant: Jesus is the true light that enlightens every person. As we
    celebrate the Feast of Lights let us ask Jesus the light of life to
    penetrate our life.
    Response: Jesus our light, guide us. (Spontaneous prayers).

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    Concluding Prayer: We praise and thank you God our Father for
    this day, the day in which we rejoice with our Hindu brethren and
    strengthen our relationship with them. You have illumned the
    universe with the sun and the moon and the stars and you have
    illumined our lives with the greatest of lights- Jesus Christ. Grant
    that each of us become bearers of Jesus and through us may Jesus
    be known to our non-christian brethren. This we ask you through
    Jesus your Son. Amen.

    Final Blessing
    Hymn

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