A short piece of liturgy inspired by Revelation 12:1-5 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth. Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule[a] all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne.
The dragon wields its power through earthly rulers and authorities While the woman, clothed with the sun, prepares to birth the Messiah The dragon lies in wait, ready to destroy the Christ But he is snatched away and taken to the throne-room of God Although evil seems to triumph in our time God’s kingdom will prevail, by the power of the resurrection. Amen, come Lord Jesus
A patchwork of offerings from my inner and outer gardens.