December 7th, 2008 — 10:10am
2nd Sunday of Advent
December 7, Year of Our Lord 2008
God of flaming truth and burning compassion, give us courage to turn to you with awe. You are so holy, we are so common. You are so beautiful, we are so shabby. Enable us to turn, turn, turn! Grant us grace to prepare the way for your coming. As we embody righteousness and peace in an eternal kiss, may we see high ridges leveled, canyons filled up, a smooth path and level way for the Coming One. As we turn to you, turn to us we pray, and in the light of your presence let us find our true love and worship. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God forever and ever. AMEN.
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November 23rd, 2008 — 10:23am
Reign of Christ Sunday
Sunday, November 23, Year of Our Lord 2008
Last Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ our King, it is so right to give you thanks and praise always for all you do and all you are. We give thanks for your immeasurable power at work in us to clothe us in compassion and righteousness, so that we might be fit for the kingdom which you prepared for us from the foundation of the world. Grant us the grace to participate in that kingdom here on earth as it is with you. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God forever and ever. AMEN.
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November 16th, 2008 — 11:36am
27th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, November 16, Year of Our Lord 2008
Merciful God, forgive us for trusting in ourselves more than you. Show us your compassion, as we turn toward you again; remind us of your faithfulness and grant us the grace to risk our lives in you. We like to take the reigns of life ourselves. We can’t seem to consistently live out a cooperative faith. But like Deborah and Barak, like the good servants our Lord spoke of, like the church at Thessalonica, fashion us to communally live in the light of the grace you have shed on us. We pray this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit; one God forever and ever. AMEN.
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