Here’s a responsive prayer of thanksgiving from
Bruce Prewer.
Prayer
of Thanksgiving
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
Before the beginning, when space and time did not
exist,
you nursed a brilliant hope for the children who
were yet to be.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
In the young world, when you
first raised up humankind,
you planted in them a hope that would survive their
wandering and falling.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
Through the turmoil of history,
with the rise and fall of powerful nations,
you called the Hebrew tribes to be your people of
hope.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
With prophets and ethical law-makers,
with their poets and devout scholars,
you prepared the world for a hope-event to
outstretch all others.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
At exactly the appropriate time,
you sent John the Baptiser to get your people ready
for the incarnate Hope
that would begin at Bethlehem and ripple around the
world.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
And when we, you latter-day children,
found our place in this world,
we discovered all around us, like yeast in
dough,
the energy of this Hope veined through all things.
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy.
For the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
All thanks to you, most holy Friend,
Giver of light and love and holy joy. Amen!
~ written by Bruce Prewer, and posted on Bruce
Prewer’s Homepage. http://www.bruceprewer.com/DocA/02advent2.htm
