Be prepared
Prayer
Contemporary Lectionary Prayers
Cycle B
Gospel Note:
Having uttered two parables that urge watchfulness, Jesus here
issues an explicit exhortation on behalf of that same virtue. In
so doing, he emphasizes the uncertainty of the time of
cataclysmic eschatological events, and counsels, not speculation,
but preparedness.
Liturgical Color:
Blue or purple
Suggested Hymns:
Wake, Awake, For The Night Is Flying
The Lord Will Come And Not Be Slow
O Day Full Of Grace
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Greet, Now The Swiftly Changing Year
Herald, Sound The Note Of Judgment
Advent 1
Lord, you know how hard it is for us to wait ...
for anything!
We are impatient people.
We value speed, efficiency, quality
and satisfaction.
We have been taught how to interpret schedules
and flow-charts and budgets.
But matters of the spirit do not lend themselves
to schedules, flow-charts and budgets.
So, waiting for the kingdom is hard for us.
Clearly, Lord, we have some growing to do.
Your timing has been perfect in the past and
it will remain perfect in the future.
Take our worldly impatience and transform it
into a sense of spiritual anticipation.
Help us to realize that the best way
to help for your kingdom is to participate
in it as it unfolds all around us.
Amen.
Having uttered two parables that urge watchfulness, Jesus here
issues an explicit exhortation on behalf of that same virtue. In
so doing, he emphasizes the uncertainty of the time of
cataclysmic eschatological events, and counsels, not speculation,
but preparedness.
Liturgical Color:
Blue or purple
Suggested Hymns:
Wake, Awake, For The Night Is Flying
The Lord Will Come And Not Be Slow
O Day Full Of Grace
O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Greet, Now The Swiftly Changing Year
Herald, Sound The Note Of Judgment
Advent 1
Lord, you know how hard it is for us to wait ...
for anything!
We are impatient people.
We value speed, efficiency, quality
and satisfaction.
We have been taught how to interpret schedules
and flow-charts and budgets.
But matters of the spirit do not lend themselves
to schedules, flow-charts and budgets.
So, waiting for the kingdom is hard for us.
Clearly, Lord, we have some growing to do.
Your timing has been perfect in the past and
it will remain perfect in the future.
Take our worldly impatience and transform it
into a sense of spiritual anticipation.
Help us to realize that the best way
to help for your kingdom is to participate
in it as it unfolds all around us.
Amen.
