Pocket Prayers for Advent and Christmas. Jan McFarlane
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Название: Pocket Prayers for Advent and Christmas

Автор: Jan McFarlane

Издательство: Ingram

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СКАЧАТЬ love is revealed to us in Jesus Christ,

      Son of God and Son of David.

      Help us in preparing to celebrate his birth

      to make our hearts ready for your Holy Spirit

      to make his home among us.

      We ask this through Jesus Christ,

      the light who is coming into the world. Amen.

       Common Worship: Times and Seasons

      Heavenly Father, you have created a universe of light:

      forgive us when we return to darkness.

      Lord, have mercy.

      Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world:

      cleanse and heal our blinded sight.

      Christ, have mercy.

      Holy Spirit, you give us light in our hearts:

      renew us in faith and love.

      Lord, have mercy.

       Common Worship: Times and Seasons

      You keep us waiting.

      You, the God of all time,

      want us to wait

      for the right time in which to discover

      who we are, where we must go,

      who will be with us, and what we must do.

      So thank you . . . for the waiting time.

       Iona Community Worship Book

      Lord,

      I turn my thoughts

      to you.

      Within the whirlwind of my day

      I stop

      and think of you.

      It’s far too easy to forget you

      in the busyness and bustle

      of the day,

      as other pressures crowd and fill my mind.

      And when I pause

      I find myself

      astonished

      that whilst your closeness has been crowded out

      yet still

      you have been there,

      your steady love surrounding me.

      Hello again, Lord.

       Pat Marsh

      THE SECOND WEEK OF ADVENT

      God our Father,

      you spoke to the prophets of old

      of a Saviour who would bring peace.

      You helped them to spread the joyful message

      of his coming kingdom.

      Help us, as we prepare to celebrate his birth,

      to share with those around us

      the good news of your power and love.

      We ask this through Jesus Christ,

      the light who is coming into the world. Amen.

       Common Worship: Times and Seasons

      We are brighter than a thousand suns,

      cleverer than two thousand years,

      all power belongs to us,

      except the power to make peace:

      except that there is an ancient darkness of our hearts

      and a rage that steals our sanity.

      God forgive us

      and let true light shine on us

      and your world.

       Bob Warwicker

      With love and compassion,

      come, Lord Jesus.

      With judgement and mercy,

      come, Lord Jesus.

      In power and glory,

      come, Lord Jesus.

      In wisdom and truth,

      come, Lord Jesus.

       Common Worship: Times and Seasons

      For the darkness of waiting

      of not knowing what is to come

      of staying ready and quiet and attentive,

      we praise you O God:

      For the darkness and the light

      are both alike to you.

      For the darkness of staying silent

      for the terror of having nothing to say

      and for the greater terror

      of needing to say nothing,

      we praise you O God:

      For the darkness and the light

      are both alike to you.

      For the darkness of loving

      in which it is safe to surrender

      to let go of our self-protection

      and to stop holding back our desire,

      we praise you O God:

      For the darkness and the light

      are both alike to you.

      For the darkness of choosing

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