Collect for the Second Sunday of Advent

 

 

Second Sunday of Advent

Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to

preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation:

Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins,

that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our

Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy

Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Collect for the Second Sunday of Advent

 

 

Second Sunday of Advent

Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to

preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation:

Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins,

that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our

Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy

Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Kneeling by R.S. Thomas

R.S. Thomas (1913–2000)

Kneeling

Moments of great calm,
Kneeling before an altar
Of wood in a stone church
In summer, waiting for the God
To speak; the air a staircase
For silence; the sun's light
Ringing me, as though I acted
A great role. And the audiences
Still; all that close throng
Of spirits waiting, as I,
For the message.
Prompt me, God;
But not yet. When I speak,
Though it be you who speak
Through me, something is lost.
The meaning is in the waiting.