Tuesday - Advent 2

Jesus point to a fig tree and talks of the Kingdom
By Phillip De Vere [FAL], via Wikimedia Commons

Highlights & Mini-Bible Study

Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication

Tuesday of the Second 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.

Psalm 26 |  a plea for salvation

I follow God;

I am innocent, my Lord;

I love the house that you dwell;

Have pity on me.

1 Thessalonians 5 | Paul continues his instruction

Be at peace with everyone;

Help the weak;

Always seek good;

Rejoice without seeking;

Be blessed.

Luke 21

Jesus uses a growing fig tree to also speak to the signs the point to the coming of the Kingdom of heaven;

Be alert;

Pray always;

Be aware;

Teach every day the way of the Lord;

S: Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th ed.; HS+

Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer.
Collect of the Day: Advent 2

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Suffrages

Show us your mercy, O Lord;

And grant us your salvation.

Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

Let your people sing with joy.

Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;

For only in you can we live in safety.

Lord, keep this nation under your care;

And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

Let your way be known upon earth;

Your saving health among all nations.

Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;

Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

Create in us clean hearts, O God;

And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.