The summer solstice occurs once a year in December when the Sun’s track across the Australian sky reaches its highest point. It is the day that has the most daylight hours of any in the year. The summer solstice in Australia is usually Dec 22, but can occur between 21 and 23 December.
Wild, Incarnate Christ,
Light of Life –
the sun has reached its zenith
and we can feel the heat in our bodies.
As we stand on the cusp
of this sweltering season
we give thanks and praise for
the gifts of summer –
vibrancy and radiance,
fruitfulness and playfulness,
embodiment and freedom.
Open us to the ways you are
manifest in creation,
Your presence alive and tangible
so that we may know you
to be here among us
not only through head and heart,
but also through our bodies.
Like plants stretching toward the sun,
may we reach for you,
as the Source of all being.
Enliven us and inspire us
as children of the light
to grow in maturity,
passion, and fullness. Amen.
(Source: Wendy Janzen)
