Morning Prayer for Advent (Daily Prayer for All Seasons)
As we begin the day, we focus on our calling to live faithfully, for who knows what today holds?
Opening
God’s bright glory will shine, and everyone will see it. Isaiah 40:5
Prayer
O Holy One, thank you for coming to us anew this day.
Prepare our hearts and reawaken our love for you as we discern your call within us.
May we join with you in making level the path for all people. Amen.
Praise
Scripture
John 1:9-14
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
Meditation
“Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit.” — St. Lucy
Affirmation
We believe in God, Creator of all:
The two-legged, the four-legged, the winged ones,
and those that crawl upon the earth and swim in the waters.
We believe in God, One Who Walked with Us:
Our Brother Jesus born in humility,
who lived and died for us
and who will come again to bring us to glory.
We believe in God, Spirit with Us:
Ever present and ever guiding, upholding us
and showing us the principles to live by.
We hear God’s voice through the prophets.
Creator, One Who Walked with Us, Spirit with Us, Holy One:
We are named in the waters of baptism as your own,
all of us related, all of us your children.
We watch for signs of your homecoming
and thank you for this sacred circle of life. Amen.
Prayers
In the beginning, it is dark, cool, and quiet, and we ask you:
Invite us into your presence, O Christ.
We do not know your works, Holy One, yet still we ask you:
Invite us into your presence, O Christ.
We look to the rising sun and trust that you
Invite us into your presence, O Christ.
Intercessions
We name our prayers and intercessions, either silently or aloud
You are our Shepherd, and we need nothing more.
We rejoice in your presence with us in all of creation. Amen.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your Name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those
who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.
Prayer – Collect for St. Lucy
Loving God, for the salvation of all you gave Jesus Christ as light to a world in darkness: Illumine us, with your daughter Lucy, with the light of Christ, that by the merits of his passion we may be led to eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Going Out
God’s bright glory will shine, and everyone will see it.
Virtual Chapel of St. Phoebe 