Prayer of the Day/Collect for 2nd Sunday in Advent

Blessed are you O God of heaven and earth: Long ago you gave the prophet Isaiah a beautiful vision of Shalom, in which the violence among human beings and the predator instinct among animals would be transformed into a new world order of perfect Shalom. In a world and church filled with conflicts, divisions and wars, we pray: Come Jesus, Prince of Peace, usher in your perfect realm of Shalom. Amen. 

Prayer of the Day/Collect for 2nd Sunday of Advent Year C

God of judgement and grace: You sent John your faithful messenger to prepare your people for your coming through a baptism of repentance. Grant us open ears and hearts to hear your word; and to respond with acts of repentance to prepare for the coming of your Son; Jesus the Messiah; who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit; one God, now and forever.

Prayer of the Day-Collect for 1st Sunday of Advent Year C

God of hope: Amidst all of the darkness and suffering, tragedies and disasters, fears and growing hatred, divisions and wars, help us to remain firmly rooted in the hope that only you can give us through our righteous Branch, Jesus, the Messiah. May we be signs of this hope as we prepare for your coming through the living out of our lives trusting in your promises; through Jesus our Messiah, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Prayer of the Day/Collect for Reformation Sunday Year A

Covenant-Making God: We praise and thank you for your superabundant grace, which names and claims us, and calls us into faithful living. We thank you for the reforms and reformers of your church in the past and today. May we continue to reform that which needs reforming, that your will may be done to set free all who are enslaved; through Jesus the Messiah; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God, now and forever.

Prayer of the Day/Collect for Thanksgiving Sunday

Blessed are you, God of heaven and earth: We praise and thank you for your abundant provision of all that we need; all that we have is a gift from you. Give us generous hearts, that we may give joyfully to those who are in greatest need. Most of all, may we always thank you for the indescribable gift, yourself, Jesus; who lives and reigns with the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Prayer of the Day/Collect for 5th Sunday in Lent, Year A

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Life-giving God: Long ago you breathed life and hope into your chosen people, and delivered them out of exile. You also show compassion to those who grieve the loss of loved ones, and promise them new life with a hopeful future. Help us to show compassion for those who are grieving in our midst, and to be bearers of your grace; through Jesus Christ, our cross-bearing Messiah, who lives and reigns with you and the life-breathing Spirit, one God, now and forever.    

Prayer of the Day/Collect for 2nd Sunday in Lent, Year A

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God of love: You sent your Son, Jesus into the world to show how much you love the world through his suffering and death on a cross. In gratitude for what Jesus has done for us, help us to share this love each day with others by following him in the way of the cross; through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God, now and forever.    

Prayer of the Day/Collect for 2nd Sunday in Lent Yr B

God of life, as we journey through the Lenten season, make us ever aware of our calling to follow where

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Jesus leads us by a life of self-denial and cross-bearing. Help us to walk with you Jesus as you reveal yourself to us through the sufferings of the poor, sick, forgotten, lost, last and least in our midst and around the globe. For it is in losing life for your sake and the sake of the gospel that we gain real, lasting and abundant life; through Jesus the cross-bearing Messiah. Amen.

2 Lent Yr A Prayer & Benediction

2nd Sunday in Lent Yr A Prayer of the Day/Collect: Life-giving God: In our baptism

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of water and the Spirit you have named and claimed us as your people. May our birth from above help us to reach out in loving service; reflecting your light in the dark places of the world; through your Son Jesus, Saviour of the world; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God, now and forever.

Benediction for 2nd Sunday in Lent, Yr A: May the God of Abraham and Sarah bless you in your Lenten pilgrimage. May the trusting faith reckoned as righteousness surround you today and every day. May Jesus our Messiah's saving love help you to bear your cross as the Holy Spirit breaths life into you.