~ MORNING PRAYER • Opening Sentence In the wilderness - TopicsExpress



          

~ MORNING PRAYER • Opening Sentence In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 • Collect of the Day ~ Second Sunday of Advent Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. • A Collect for Peace O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. • For Mission Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen. • For Peace Among Nations Almighty God our heavenly Father, guide the nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. • Carol William Dutton sings the Herefordshire Carol, This Is The Truth Sent From Above, one of several carols rediscovered and preserved by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. This is the truth sent from above, The truth of God, the God of love: Therefore dont turn me from your door, But hearken all, both rich and poor. The first thing which I do relate Is that God did man create, The next thing which to you Ill tell, Woman was made with man to dwell. Thus we were heirs to endless woes, Till God the Lord did interpose, And so a promise soon did run, That he would redeem us by his Son. Thus he in love to us behaved, To show us how we must be saved; And if you want to know the way, Be pleased to hear what he did say:
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:31:11 +0000

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