So we pray,
for all the things that are,
for all the things that are not yet.
For all the plans that have been carried out.
for all the plans not yet formed.
For all the love given,
for all the love received.
For all the times we have moved too quickly,
for all the time we have let slip away.
For all the hope.
For all cries of keep awake that have gone unanswered,
for all the sleepless hours straining to be faithful.
For all the predictions that have not yet come to pass,
for all the souls whose rest is found in you.
For all the hearts who yearn for healing,
for all who offer healing in your name.
For all the bodies who suffer still,
for all we pray.
May this Advent be indeed a time of prayer.
Plan to come by church on Sunday 12:30 -2:00 pm to pick up an Advent, Christmas and Epiphany bag. Each bag is filled with loads of suggestions on how you might pray, from Advent wreaths to calendars and daily devotions.
A happy and safe Thanksgiving to each of you. We offer a service of Evening Prayer on Wednesday, the eve of Thanksgiving, on Zoom beginning at 7:00 pm. https://zoom.us/j/92360317582
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Collect for the first Sunday of Advent
