Here’s a beautiful prayer for the second Sunday of Advent. It was written by Thom Shuman and posted on his excellent Lectionary Liturgies website.
Prayer of the Day
While others are making lists
of things we have enough of,
you come:
to offer us salvation,
the one gift we cannot purchase.
As the world prepares
to entice us with more and more,
you come:
to fill our hearts with all the hopes
you have dreamed about us forever.
When skepticism and fear
callous our hearts,
you come:
to bathe us in the soothing
lotion of compassion.
When stress scoops out potholes
for every step we take,
you come:
filling the emptiness with serenity
as tough as your grace.
As the clock turns
faster and faster each day,
you come:
to swaddle us in a shawl
woven with patience.
When others push past us
to get to the front of worry's line,
you come,
so we can clasp them
so close to our hopes
they can hear your heartbeat.
So come to us, come to us,
God in Community, Holy in One,
even as we pray, saying,
Our Father . . .
— written by Thom Shuman, and posted on his excellent Lectionary Liturgies website. Visit that site for other wonderful lectionary-based worship resources.
