Patrick Comerford
The season of Advent began on Sunday [27 November 2016], and throughout this time of preparation, I am praying each morning and using in my reflections the prayer diary of the Anglican mission agency, USPG (United Society Partners in the Gospel).
USPG is also marking the time around the beginning of Advent, from 25 November to 10 December, as ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.’
The USPG Prayer Diary:
Tuesday 29 November 2016:
Pray for women around the world who carry the sole responsibility for feeding their families.
Readings (Revised Common Lectionary, the Church of Ireland, Holy Communion):
Isaiah 11: 1-10; Psalm 72, 1-4, 18-19; Luke 10: 21-24.
Collect:
Almighty God,
Give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light
now in the time of this mortal life
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Continued tomorrow
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