Below, are selections from Prayers for the People, a portion I especially appreciated.
Plain type read by a congregant. Bold type read in unison by us all.
Merry Christmas!
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| The Nativity by Julie Vivas |
God of Mary and Elizabeth, give your church grace to be pregnant
with hope and to bring forth new life for a barren world.
God of our mothers, hear us and help us!
God of the shepherds, give your church humilty, and to all
who sit in darkness, alone and afraid, a light from heaven
proclaiming peace.
God of the shepherds, hear us and help us!
God of the magi, give your church gifts, and the will to leave
home to find you among the poor.
God of the magi, hear us and help us!
God of the Holly Innocents, give your church power to stand
against violence and to protect the powerless.
God of the victim, hear us and help us!
Holy envy!
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