Thursday - Advent 4

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Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication
Thursday in the Fourth Week in Advent
Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV, EOW 1
Pray this way or this way or this way.
Today | Thursday | 22 December  2016
Psalm 80 | A prayer for restoration
How long, O Lord?
Restore us!
Show us your light.
You have saved us!
Restore us & we shall be saved!
Revelation 21 | The new Jerusalem described continued.
The temple of heaven is the light of God;
And God’s glory is its light;
The water of Life is Jesus;
Heaven is always open;
Jesus’ name will be on their foreheads;
There will be no more night;
They (God) will reign forever.
Luke 1 |
Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who is also pregnant; Mary’s soul is magnified by God and her spirit rejoices in God her savior.
S: Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th ed.; HS+; New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer.
Collect of the Day: Advent 3
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.

A Collect for the Renewal of Life

O God, the King eternal,
who divides the day from the night
and turns the shadow of death into the morning:
Drive far from us all wrong desires,
incline our hearts to keep your law,
and guide our feet into the way of peace;
that, having done your will with cheerfulness while it was day,
we may, when night comes,
rejoice to give you thanks;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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