An Advent hymn-text from Stanbrook Abbey, England, complements an icon of Christ in our cloister corridor:
Light-bearing Christ come down to us,
and light in darkness sow;
come down and save our fallen world
whose sinful ways you know.
Prepare us for your light and truth,
who watch and wait for you;
restore our once lost dignity;
come down and make us new.
Almighty Father, speak the word
your children long to hear,
and with your Spirit dwell with us:
Lord God of love, draw near.
copyright 1974, 1999