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Liturgy and Prayers - Sunday, 5 December 2021 – The Second Sunday of Advent, Year C
Liturgy in one document: Liturgy in One Document Advent 2C
Opening sentence
I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me.
Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his temple. (Mal 3:1 TEV)
OR
Here is your God.
He will come to save you.
Prayer of the day - (Collect):
Traditional
Stir up our hearts, O Lord,
to prepare the way for your only Son,
so that by his coming
we may be enabled to serve you
with pure minds;
through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Modernised Traditional
Stir up our hearts, Lord,
to prepare the way for your only Son.
Help us by his coming
to serve you with pure hearts and minds.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Alternative
(Let us pray that we are ready for Christ’s coming. [silence])
Merciful God,
you sent your messengers to preach repentance
and prepare the way for our salvation.
Turn us away from our sins,
so that we greet our coming redeemer,
Jesus Christ, with joy.
For he lives
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
New
Alleluia Verse
Alleluia, alleluia.
A voice cries out in the desert:
Prepare the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight. (Luke 3:4)
Alleluia.
Prayer after the Gospel
This is the gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Thank you, Lord Jesus,
for coming to bring God’s salvation.
Help us to prepare the way for your coming.
Amen.
Offering Prayer
Loving God, lead us to listen
to the message of your salvation
and to live as your people,
always ready for the day when Christ will return.
Help us to use our time
in service to you and to other people.
Amen.
Additional Prayer Points
Services with Holy Communion:
Preface
It is indeed right and good,
Lord God, holy Father,
that we should at all times and in all places
give thanks to you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
You fulfilled your promise to comfort your people
by sending Jesus the Redeemer,
and to make all things new through him
when he comes to judge the world
and set it right.
And so, with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we adore and praise your glorious name:
Communion Invitation
Blessed are those who have been invited
to the wedding feast of the Lamb.
(Thanks be to God.)
Come, everything is ready.
Prayer after Communion
We give you thanks, almighty God,
that you have fed us with this promise of salvation.
We pray that through it
you would graciously strengthen us
in faith toward you and in love toward one another,
so that we may be prepared
for the coming of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
For he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Or the third prayer of the day (as listed above) may be used at this point. It may be modified as follows.
Merciful God,
you sent your messengers to preach repentance
and prepare the way for our salvation.
May the body and blood of Christ
which we have received in this meal
give us strength to turn away from our sins,
so that we may greet our coming redeemer,
Jesus Christ, with joy.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Dismissal
SEASONAL BLESSING
This seasonal blessing is used together with (ie before) the usual blessing in the order of service:
Christ, the Sun of Righteousness, shine on you and make you ready to meet him when he comes in glory . . .
DISMISSAL
Go in peace, producing the harvest of righteousness that comes through the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
OR In the name of Christ. Amen.
