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Prayer During
the Day Advent |
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| Preparation | ||||
| O God, make speed to save us. | ||||
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O Lord, make haste to help us. | |||
| Your words have I hidden within my heart, | ||||
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that I should not sin against you. | |||
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Psalm 119.11 |
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Praise |
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| A hymn, song, canticle, extempore praise or | ||||
| Saviour eternal, life of the world unfailing, light everlasting and our true redemption. |
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| Taking our humanity in your loving freedom, you rescued our lost earth and filled the world with joy. |
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| By your first advent justify us, by your second, set us free: that when the great light dawns and you come as judge of all, we may be robed in immortality and ready, Lord, to follow in your footsteps blest, wherever they may lead. |
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Salus Aeterna |
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The Word of God |
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Psalmody |
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| On any day Psalm 80.1-8 | ||||
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| Sunday Psalm 82 Monday Psalm 13 Tuesday Psalm 14 Wednesday Psalm 54 Thursday Psalm 70 Friday Psalm 75 Saturday Psalm 85 |
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| When Morning and Evening Prayer are also celebrated, one of these cycles may be followed. | ||||
| Each psalm or group of psalms may end with | ||||
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Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen. |
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Short readings |
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| Sunday | ||||
| The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let everyone who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift. The one who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen. | ||||
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Revelation 22.17,20,21 |
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| Monday | ||||
| A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. | ||||
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Isaiah 11.1-4 |
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| Tuesday | ||||
| The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son
of God. As
it is written in the prophet Isaiah, ‘See, I am sending my messenger
ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” ’ John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. |
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Mark 1.1-5 |
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| Wednesday | ||||
| Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.’ | ||||
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Luke 12.35 - 37 |
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| Thursday | ||||
| Jesus said to Peter, James, John and Andrew, ‘It
is like a man going on
a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each
with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake – for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’ |
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Mark 13.34 - end |
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| Friday | ||||
| You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour of light; let us live honourably as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. | ||||
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Romans 13.11 - end |
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| Saturday | ||||
| The angel said to Mary, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.’ Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’ Then the angel departed from her. | ||||
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Luke 1.35,38 |
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| Or, on any day in Advent | ||||
| Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. | ||||
Isaiah 40.1 |
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Response |
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| Silence, study, song, or words from Scripture, such as | ||||
| Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, | ||||
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for they will be filled. | |||
Matthew 5.6 |
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Prayers |
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| Prayers may include these concerns: | ||||
| ¶ | The Church, that she may be ready for the coming of Christ | |||
| ¶ | The leaders of the Church | |||
| ¶ | The nations, that they may be subject to the rule of God | |||
| ¶ | Those who are working for justice in the world | |||
| ¶ | The broken, that they may find God’s healing | |||
| A form of prayer can be found here. | ||||
| The Collect of the day or the following prayer is said | ||||
| Keep us, O Lord, while we tarry on this earth, in a serious seeking after you, and in an affectionate walking with you, every day of our lives; that when you come, we may be found not hiding our talent, nor serving the flesh, nor yet asleep with our lamp unfurnished, but waiting and longing for our Lord, our glorious God for ever. |
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Amen. | |||
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Richard Baxter (1691) |
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| The Lord's Prayer is said. | ||||
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The Conclusion |
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| May the Lord make us ready for his coming in glory. | ||||
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Amen. | |||