{"id":2934,"date":"2007-12-02T00:10:10","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/12\/prayer-for-the-week-74.html"},"modified":"2007-12-02T00:10:10","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T00:10:10","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/12\/prayer-for-the-week-74.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/blue-jeans-036.jpg\" title=\"blue-jeans-036.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/12\/blue-jeans-036.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"blue-jeans-036.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1st Sunday of Advent<br \/>\nAlmighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br \/>\nAnd an Advent blessing from Webster, too.<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/blue-jeans-034.jpg\" title=\"blue-jeans-034.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/12\/blue-jeans-034.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"blue-jeans-034.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere is a liturgy for the first candle:<br \/>\nToday we light the first candle of the Advent wreath. This is the candle of HOPE.<br \/>\nWith Christians around the world, we use this light to help us prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of God?s Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nMay we receive God?s light as we hear the words of the prophet Isaiah:<br \/>\n&#8220;The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness &#8212; on them light has shined.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Isaiah 9:2<br \/>\nLet us pray:<br \/>\nLord as we look to the birth of Jesus, grant that the light of your love for us will help us to become lights in the lives of those around us. Prepare our hearts for the joy and gladness of your coming, for Jesus is our hope. 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