Prayers
Eucharist Liturgies:
Prayer for the First Sunday of Advent
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
The resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
With righteous deeds at his coming,
So that, gathered at his right hand,
They may be worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who live and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, forever and ever.
Prayer for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Thus says the LORD:
You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,
and the rest of his kindred shall return
to the children of Israel.
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock
by the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD, his God;
and they shall remain, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
The resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
With righteous deeds at his coming,
So that, gathered at his right hand,
They may be worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who live and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, forever and ever.
Prayer for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
Thus says the LORD:
You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,
and the rest of his kindred shall return
to the children of Israel.
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock
by the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD, his God;
and they shall remain, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
Class Prayer
O God, we wait for so many things – peace in our world, good news, solutions to problems.
Lord, grant us patience, the patience of suffering in order to bring about what is awaited; the patience of a vibrant hope that what is awaited will come into being.
May we await your second coming in prayerful awareness of many times you come to us each day.
(Schneider, 1999)
Lord, grant us patience, the patience of suffering in order to bring about what is awaited; the patience of a vibrant hope that what is awaited will come into being.
May we await your second coming in prayerful awareness of many times you come to us each day.
(Schneider, 1999)