O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Philippians 1.3\u201311<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3<\/sup> I thank my God every time I remember you, 4<\/sup>constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, 5<\/sup>because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. 6<\/sup>I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. 7<\/sup>It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God\u2019s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel. 8<\/sup>For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. 9<\/sup>And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight 10<\/sup>to help you to determine what is best, so that on the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, 11<\/sup>having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 3.1\u20136<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, 2<\/sup>during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3<\/sup>He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4<\/sup>as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2021-12-05<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 5th December – Second Sunday of Advent Collect O Lord, raise up, we pray, your powerand come among us,and with great might succour us;that whereas, through our sins and wickednesswe are grievously hinderedin running the race that is set before us,your bountiful grace and mercymay speedily help and deliver us;through Jesus Christ your Son … <\/p>\n Gospel <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u2018The voice of one crying out in the\u00a0wilderness:
\u201cPrepare the way of the Lord,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0make his paths straight.
5<\/sup> Every valley shall be filled,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the rough ways made smooth;
6<\/sup> and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.\u201d \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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