#MorningPrayer
Fill us, Lord Jesus,
with a love for one another,
echoing your love for us.
Help us reveal,
through who we are,
a self-giving,
compassionate
and caring spirit;
building up our neighbours,
investing in our communities,
deepening our relationships,
being your church.
#MorningPrayer
You raise up
your Church, Lord Jesus:
your Body, with you as our Head.
Keep us always attuned
to your presence, your voice,
your guidance, your will,
your calling upon our lives.
Lead us in our ways,
our works, and our words,
that we may reveal
your kingdom
to all.
#MorningPrayer
You call us, Lord,
to be your disciples,
and you call us to follow
where you lead.
As we remember this day
your servant Thomas Beckett,
give us the grace and courage
to speak your truth
to the powers of this world,
to work for the good of all people,
and for peace.
#MorningPrayer
Save us, Lord,
from the ways
of self-centredness
and megalomania
which ordered the massacre
of the holy innocents in Bethlehem.
Wherever self aggrandisement
and arrogance arises,
in us or in others,
help us reject it,
and lead us instead
to choose your way of love.
#MorningPrayer
As we celebrate today, Lord,
your apostle John,
grant us his dedication
to remain with you
and faithful to you,
as you remain with us
and faithful to us.
Open our lives to reveal the light
of your Spirit, of your love,
that all may see your way
and be drawn to you.
#MorningPrayer
Inspire us, Lord Jesus,
as your disciples
and as your church,
to seek, to listen for
and to follow
your guidance and calling
upon our life together
as your people.
May we serve one another,
our communities, and the world
by shining the light
of your love and peace.
#MorningPrayer
Saviour,
whose birth we celebrate this day,
stir up in us your promise of life,
your power of love,
and the gift of your peace,
now and always.
May this Christmas
be filled with your glory,
Emmanuel, God-with-us;
the true light,
which the darkness
cannot overcome.
#MorningPrayer
As we journey
with Mary and Joseph
to Bethlehem, Lord,
inspire us to make
room in our hearts for you,
that you may be born anew
in us this Christmas.
You were laid in a manger;
nourish our souls with your love.
Help us work for peace for all,
throughout your world.
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#OEmmanuel
Of ourselves, Lord,
we cannot attain
the heights of holiness,
so in your love
you emptied yourself
to embrace our humanity,
that we might be raised
to your divinity.
Come, Emmanuel, God-with-us,
and draw us to your heart, your love,
your way, your peace.
#MorningPrayer
#ORexGentium
Come, King of Nations,
Creator of the Cosmos,
with the peace of your kingdom;
still the raging storms
of our turbulent world.
You form us from the clay;
may we be moulded
by your will and in your image,
that we may shine
the light of your love
for all.
#MorningPrayer
#OOriens
Come, Morning Star,
heralding the new dawn
of your kingdom;
shine your guiding light
into the darkness
of our world and of our ways,
that we may be drawn
by the hope you set before us,
opening our hearts and lives
to the refining fire
of your love for all.
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#OClavisDavid
Come, O Key of David:
release us from our bonds
to sin and self,
to greed, pride,
vanity and hypocrisy;
lead us from the darkness
we so often choose,
to the light of your kingdom,
to the fullness of your life,
to the joy of your light
shining for all.
#MorningPrayer
#ORadixJesse
Come, Root of Jesse;
revive your church,
drawing us together
from all corners of the earth,
all cultures and communities,
to witness to your grace and glory.
May all who lead and rule,
all who make choices,
do so in your way
of love, justice and peace.
#MorningPrayer
#OAdonai
Lord, Leader of your people,
Lawgiver for your kingdom,
write in our hearts
your law of love,
liberate our souls
by your law of grace,
loosen our anxieties and fears
by your rule of peace;
help us open ourselves
to you, O Adonai,
and shine with your light.
#MorningPrayer
#OSapientia
Come, Wisdom,
living Word of God,
brood over the chaos
of our lives and our world;
create in us pure hearts,
aligned with and
attuned to your love;
heal our spirits
by your presence
in us and with us.
Help us to discern your way,
and follow it joyfully.
#MorningPrayer
Thank you, Lord Jesus,
for the glimpses of your glory
that we see,
perhaps powerfully,
perhaps in little ways.
Help us to notice,
to give thanks, to rejoice;
but help us not to be
stuck with them alone,
for we must journey on with you,
to shine your light for all.
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Lord Jesus,
help us truly to see
who you are;
to recognise your
divinity and humanity,
and the love which
binds both into one
and which lifts us
to the heights of heaven.
As we prepare to celebrate
around the crib,
help us to take up
the cross of that love
for all.
#MorningPrayer
Rejoice!
This is our cry, Lord Jesus,
for your advent is near;
as we prepare to celebrate
your incarnation,
so we prepare for
the fullness of your kingdom.
We rejoice in your presence with us,
driving out our fears,
and drawing us by hope.
Fill us with your peace.
#MorningPrayer
As we celebrate today
our sister in faith St Lucy,
open our hearts and lives
to you Lord Jesus,
that we may be leavened
by the yeast of your kingdom,
and so reach out to all we meet
to show your love,
share your life,
and shine your light
as you show to us the way.
#MorningPrayer
Give us, Lord Jesus,
a share in your compassion
for all in need,
a share in your love
for all people.
Help us to remember
that our own wellbeing
is bound up with the wellbeing of all,
and so to offer with joy
our welcome and generosity
to each who bears your image.
#MorningPrayer
Hold before us, Lord,
the love you offer
to us and all people,
the blessings you call us to share
with neighbours near and far.
Keep us from focusing only
on ourselves, our own,
on people like us;
give us a heart
for all who need your grace,
that we may honour you.
#MorningPrayer
Turn our focus, Lord Jesus,
onto the treasures of your kingdom,
to love, mercy, peace, justice;
to the life we are offered
in following you.
Let our hearts be set
not on outward image,
for all that glistens is not gold.
Heal us within,
that we may shine your light.
#MorningPrayer
Let your love
so inspire us, Lord Jesus,
that we may offer ourselves,
all we are and all we have,
in your service.
Whether we have
much or little to offer,
may we offer it gladly;
that you may bless it,
break it open,
and let grace flow,
to neighbours near and far.
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Conceive in us, Lord,
the capacity, the openness,
the willingness and the longing
to bring your love to birth
in the hearts of
our parishes and their people,
our communities, nations and world.
Help us reveal your kingdom
by the lives we live
and the love we share.
#MorningPrayer
Keep us awake, Lord Jesus,
that with the eyes and ears
of our heart, our mind, our soul,
we may be ready
to receive your word to us,
to respond to your call on our lives,
and to reflect on your challenges
to our attitudes and actions,
that we may follow faithfully.
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Lord Jesus,
as we celebrate today
your disciple Nicholas of Myra,
give us like him an understanding
of your care and concern
for all trapped in poverty
or slavery of any kind,
that through us
you may bless
and release them
into the liberty and love
of your kingdom.
#MorningPrayer
You sow into our lives, Lord,
the seeds of your kingdom,
of your love,
that we may bear
the good fruit of your grace.
Although we allow other seeds
also to take root within us
and bear their own fruit,
sift from us that
which is not of you;
fill us with your peace.
#MorningPrayer
Send us into
your world, Lord Jesus,
as sowers of the seed
of your kingdom;
the seed of your peace,
the seed of your hope,
the seed of your justice,
the seed of your mercy,
the seed of your love.
Make us sow liberally
and generously,
that all may
bear fruit
in you.
#MorningPrayer
You have given us
the signs, Lord,
of your resurrection,
and also of your church,
the worldwide family
of your disciples.
Help us to be faithful
to you, to your way,
and to one another,
so the world may see
that you are Lord,
and that your disciples
are one in you.
#MorningPrayer
Grant us, Lord Jesus,
to see your work in our lives
and in the lives of each person
we encounter;
keep us from ascribing
your grace, mercy,
peace and hope
to other sources and causes;
may your love
be seen and celebrated
as we learn to see your image
in each other.
