Here’s an Advent prayer from St. Louis University’s A Time for God
website.
Come, Long-Expected Jesus
Come,
long-expected Jesus.
Excite in
me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours.
Receive my
prayer as part of my service for the Lord
who
enlists me in God’s own work for justice.
Come,
long-expected Jesus.
Excite in
me a hunger for peace:
peace
in the world,
peace
in my home,
peace
in myself.
Come,
long-expected Jesus.
Excite in
me a joy responsive to the Father’s joy.
I seek His
will so I can serve with gladness, singing and love.
Come,
long-expected Jesus.
Excite in
me the joy and love and peace it is right to bring
to
the manger of my Lord.
Raise in
me, too, sober reverence for the God who acted there,
hearty
gratitude for the life begun there,
and
spirited resolution to serve the Father and Son.
I pray in
the name of Jesus Christ,
whose
advent I hail. Amen.
~ written
by John Appleseed, and posted on A Time for God. http://slu.edu/prayerbook/
