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SUNDAY PRAYER

4TH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
Meditation


It is the hour now for you to stay awake from sleep.  For our salvation is nearer now than when we first
 believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand.  Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put
on the armour of light.  Rom: 13:11-12

INTERCESSIONS

Lord Jesus, you came to save sinners, protect us in times of temptation.
You will come in glory to be our judge, show us your power to save.
Help us to keep the precepts of your law with the strength of the Spirit, 
and to look forward in love to your coming.
You are praised throughout the ages; in your mercy help us to live devoutly and temperately in this life,
as we wait in joyful hope for the revelation of your glory.

           PRAYER

          All-powerful God, renew us by the coming feast of your Son and free us from our slavery to sin.  Grant this   through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.







at the Lam's high feast 



Heavenly Father, this is a wonderful law ; that those who think the thoughts of God have the blessing of God flowing  into them. Help me, now, to change my attitudes and become a different person, thinking different thoughts, so that by my changed attitudes everything will change. For this I give Thee thanks, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

 







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