(These prayers are based largely on the lessons from Isaiah through the Advent-A lections. The main prayers will stay the same, but the initiating and concluding prayers will change, week by week.) In the hushed anticipation of your coming, O Lord, remind us that you are always with us, that like Joseph we might always be eager to fulfill your will, and be eager to pray: O God, in days to come the mountain of […]
(These prayers are based largely on the lessons from Isaiah through the Advent-A lections. The main prayers will stay the same, but the initiating and concluding prayers will change, week by week.) In the hushed anticipation of your coming, O Lord, remind us that in you we never need to be afraid, that we might be ready for your coming, and eager to pray: O God, in days to come the mountain of your house […]
(These prayers are based largely on the lessons from Isaiah through the Advent-A lections. The main prayers will stay the same, but the initiating and concluding prayers will change, week by week.) In the hushed anticipation of your coming, O Lord, shine upon us Your glorious Light, that we might be ready for your coming, and eager to pray: O God, in days to come the mountain of your house will be established, and your […]
(These prayers are based largely on the lessons from Isaiah through the Advent-A lections. The main prayers will stay the same, but the initiating and concluding prayers will change, week by week.) In the hushed anticipation of your coming, O Lord, kindle in us the desire to remain awake; that we might be ready for your coming, and eager to pray. O God, in days to come the mountain of your house will be established, […]
Based on Canticle 4, the Song of Zechariah Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed us. Bless the nations, tribes and kingdoms of the world, O Lord, with your tender mercy, and with the light you give to those who sit in darkness. Hear our Prayer, O Christ, for you are the King of Kings. Bless our nation, O Lord, that we being delivered out of the hand […]
Surely, God, it is you who save us. We will trust in you, we will pray to you, and we will not be afraid. We pray to you, O God, for the nations of the world, their leaders, and all people; for you are our stronghold and defense. We give you thanks, O Lord, and we call upon your name. We pray for our nation, O God; for those who serve this nation in her […]
Let us pray to Our Lord Jesus Christ, himself, and God the Father, who loves us and gives us grace. Let us pray for all the faithful People of God (especially…), that we might always give thanks to God. Hear our plea, O Lord, and give heed to our cry. Let us pray for our nation and all in authority, that your spirit, O God, would abide among us. Hear our plea, O Lord, and […]
We pray always for the People of God, asking that our God will make us worthy of his call and will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in the church, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ: We must always give thanks to God for the faithful and upright; (we pray especially for… church […]
O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God, and bring to Him the intentions and concerns of your hearts: Let us pray for the church, that we might praise the name of the LORD our God, who has dealt wondrously with us. (We pray especially for… church leaders… and all the people of God.) O Lord, You are our God, and we pray for your mercy. O God, we pray […]
O God, you have written on our hearts the covenant you forged with us on the cross of Christ; now hear the cry of our hearts as we pray to you: Lord, we pray for the church, that we might know you, and that you might forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more. (We pray especially for… church leaders… and all the people of God.) O Lord, You are our God, and we […]