Prayers (A-Z)

Lord, in this holy season of prayer, song and laughter, 
we praise you for the great wonders you have sent us: 
for shining star and angel’s song, 
for infant’s cry in lowly manger. 
We praise you for the Word made flesh in a little Child. 
We behold his glory, 
and are bathed in its radiance. 

Be with us as we sing the ironies of Christmas, 
the incomprehensible comprehended, 
the poetry made hard fact, 
the helpless Babe who cracks the world asunder. 
We kneel before you shepherds, 
innkeepers, wisemen. 
Help us to rise bigger than we are. 

Amen.

Lord God, we praise you for creating man, 
and still more for restoring him in Christ. 
Your Son shared our weakness; 
may we share his glory, 
for he lives and reigns with you 
and the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

God of love, Father of all, 
the darkness that covered the earth 
has given way to the bright dawn of your Word made flesh. 
Make us a people of this light. 
Make us faithful to your Word, 
that we may bring your life to the waiting world. 
Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
in which the Son of God was born 
of the most pure Virgin Mary, 
at midnight, 
in Bethlehem,
in the piercing cold. 
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, 
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,

[State your intention here]

through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and of His blessed Mother.

Amen.

Father, we are filled with the new light by the coming of your Word among us. May the light of faith shine in our words and actions. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Almighty God and Father of light, a child is born for us and a son is given to us. Your eternal Word leaped down from heaven in the silent watches of the night, and now your Church is filled with wonder at the nearness of her God. Open our hearts to receive his life and increase our vision with the rising of dawn, that our lives may be filled with his glory and his peace, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

Praise to You, Lord God!

You have become one of us.
You have become a human being, 
while still retaining all your power and holiness as God!

You, O Lord, made the journey of the unborn child. 
By being an embryo, a fetus, and a newborn, 
you joined all unborn and newborn children to you!

From the beginning of history, O Lord, 
You were the Creator of every human life. 
Now, with Christmas, 
You join Yourself in an unthinkable way with the life You created.

Let this Christmas, O God, 
fill all of us with awe and wonder 
at how close human life is to You. 
Cleanse the world of all that tarnishes 
and rejects this gift. 
Purify our hearts of all that fears this gift.

Let our Christmas joy be the joy of welcoming every human life! 

Amen!

Father, we are filled with the new light 
by the coming of your Word among us. 
May the light of faith shine in our words and actions. 
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you 
and the Holy Spirit, one God, 
for ever and ever.

Amen.

Almighty God and Father of light, 
a child is born for us 
and a son is given to us. 

Your eternal Word leaped down from heaven 
in the silent watches of the night, 
and now your Church is filled with wonder 
at the nearness of her God. 

Open our hearts to receive his life 
and increase our vision with the rising of dawn, 
that our lives may be filled with his glory and his peace, 
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

Lord, in this holy season of prayer and song and laughter, we praise you for the great wonders you have sent us: for shining star and angel’s song, for infant’s cry in lowly manger. We praise you for the Word made flesh in a little Child. We behold his glory, and are bathed in its radiance. 

Be with us as we sing the ironies of Christmas, the incomprehensible comprehended, the poetry made hard fact, the helpless Babe who cracks the world asunder. We kneel before you shepherds, innkeepers, wisemen. Help us to rise bigger than we are.

Amen.