Poem: Stir Up Sunday

Canon Robin Gibbons writes: Traditionally the Sunday before Advent was called 'Stir up Sunday' words taken from the opening phrase of the Collect. Families would gather to stir together all the ingredients for the Christmas Pudding, often making a silent wish as they did. The mixture was then put aside to await the long boil for Christmas Dinner!

Stir up in us
Lord of joy
Our good Host
of that great wedding feast
in the Kingdom
The ingredients of Virtue
bound together
by the flavour of Charity
and the heat of the Spirit.
Grant also to us
the blessings of
Communion
That tasting your food
and drinking
the unending cup of Christ
We might bring to our world
the joy of the angels
the humility of the shepherds
the warmth of the Ox and Ass
And the discernment of the Magi
Stir us up again Emmanuel!

RG Nov 23 2024