Here’s
a prayer of intercession for the season of Advent. It was written by Margaret McGee.
Prayer
of Intercession for the Advent Season
(inspired by Isaiah
35)
In
patience and in
hope,
let
us offer our prayers to
God,
saying
with one voice,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all who walk in God’s Holy Way:
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all who walk in God’s Holy Way:
those
in the pews and in the pulpits;
those
at home and on the streets;
for
all who ponder God’s promise in their hearts,
and
all who carry the good news into the world,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For the nations and their leaders:
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For the nations and their leaders:
that
eyes may be opened and ears unstopped,
and
that peace and justice break forth in every land.
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all the world: heaven and earth,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all the world: heaven and earth,
the
seas, and all that is in them.
For
the early and the late rains,
and
the precious crop from the earth.
For
the gathering darkness and the light of hope.
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For this community and all who live in it,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For this community and all who live in it,
each
member of the whole body:
friend
and stranger, parent and child,
brother
and sister, widow and orphan.
Strengthen
weak hands, dear God,
and
make firm the feeble knees.
Say
to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, do not fear!
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all who are nearest to you, O God:
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all who are nearest to you, O God:
the
lonely, the out-of-work,
the
sick, the fearful, the cold, and the hungry.
For
the one who is sorry, and the one who is ashamed.
It
is you, our God of hope, who sets all prisoners free.
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all the departed, and all who remember,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
We are waiting, O God, with all the patience we can muster.
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
For all the departed, and all who remember,
We rejoice with joy and singing
For the coming of the LORD is near.
We are waiting, O God, with all the patience we can muster.
Beloved
of angels and archangels,
Lover
of saints and sinners,
God
our Savior, to you alone we pray, Amen.
~ written by Margaret D. McGee, and posted on In the Courtyard. www.inthecourtyard.com
