Advent Week 3
Family Prayer: December 11th - 17th, 2022
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THE LITURGY
These devotions follow the basic structure of the Daily Office of the Church and are particularly appropriate for families with young children.
The Reading and the Collect may be read by one person, and the other parts said in unison, or in some other convenient manner.
OPENING SENTENCE
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise.
PSALM 51:15
THE PSALM
PSALM 51:10-12
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,*
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from your presence,*
and take not your holy Spirit from me.
12 O give me the comfort of your help again,*
and sustain me with your willing Spirit.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
A WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE
LUKE 1:46-50 (ESV)
And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.
For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
for he who is mighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
And his mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
DAILY GOSPEL READING
Sun (12.4) - Luke 22:31–38
Mon (12.5) - Luke 22:39–53
Tues (12.5) - Luke 22:54–69
Wed (12.6) - Mark 1:1–8
Thurs (12.7) - Matthew 3:1–12
Fri (12.8) - Matthew 11:2–15
Sat (12.9) - Luke 3:1–9
INTERCESSIONS
Take time to ask everyone at your table who they would like to pray for this day.
PRAYER THOUGHTS: This week’s theme is joy and rejoicing.
Read Luke 1:46-50. What is Mary rejoicing in? How is this good news for you today?
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
COLLECTS
WEEKLY COLLECT
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer
Quoted Scripture from the 2016 ESV and the 2019 Book of Common Prayer
