GLOBAL CHALICE LIGHTING WORDS FOR JULY 2013 The International Council of Unitarians and Universalists announces the 119th in its monthly series of global chalice lighting readings. Congregations worldwide are invited to participate. We invite each congregation to use the reading for at least one worship service in the designated month, identifying it as the “Global Chalice Lighting” for that month and naming the group which submitted it. This Global Chalice Lighting was submitted by the European Unitarian Universalists and is suggested for use in July 2013. ENGLISH: As others before us have sought to make ordinary times special by lighting a candle, We now seek to transform this ordinary time Into a special and sacred one By lighting the flaming chalice, symbol of our free religious heritage. —Penny Hackett-Evans FRENCH: Bien d’autres avant nous ont pris de leur temps quotidien pour allumer de simples bougies, Mais nous allons maintenant transformer ce geste ordinaire En un moment spécial et sacré En allumant notre calice, Symbole de notre patrimoine religieux auquel nous adhérons librement. GERMAN: Ebenso wie andere vor uns, die durch das Entzünden einer Kerze ganz alltäglichen Zeitabläufen Glanz zu verleihen suchten, bemühen jetzt wir uns, durch das Entzünden des Flammenkelches als Sinnbild unseres freien religiösen Erbes diese ganz gewöhnliche Zeit in einer besondere und heilige zu verwandeln. (With many thanks to our volunteer translators: Jean-Claude Barbier (French), and Freya Bednarski-Stelling (German). Spanish and Italian translations were not available this month. Persons able to volunteer to provide regular translations in Spanish or Italian are invited to contact Steve Dick at [email protected])
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:42:12 +0000