My post discussing the value of not using the Nicene Creed at ordinary Sunday Eucharist received good discussion and was continued in part 2 with a promise of a further post on that idea. Fr Donald Schell sent me a document by Fr Rick Fabian arguing not to use the Nicene Creed regularly in the
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Let us pray (in silence) [with joy and hope as we await the dawning of God’s brightness] pause God, you have made this most holy night radiant with the splendour of the true light, may we who even now obscurely share the mystery of your light come to enjoy your light in fullness, who is
Let us pray (in silence) [that through celebrating the Incarnation we will deepen our relationship with Christ] pause God, year by year you make us glad with the hope of our redemption, grant that we who joyfully receive your only begotten Son as our Redeemer may with sure confidence behold him when he comes as
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Let us pray (in silence) [that the reign of Christ may live in our hearts and come to our world] pause Almighty ever-living God, it is your will to gather up all things in your beloved one, reigning in the universe in the power that is love, mercifully grant that the whole of creation, freed
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may persevere in our growth into God’s life] pause God of all inspiration, you caused all holy scriptures to be written for our instruction grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by steadfastness, and by the encouragement of your holy Word,
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Let us pray (in silence) [that God’s love strengthen us to do God’s will] pause Almighty everliving God, increase within us your gifts of faith, hope, and love, and make us cherish what you command, so that we may obtain what you promise; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you in the unity of
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may be open to God’s goodness] pause Almighty everliving God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve; pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,
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Let us pray (in silence) [that we may know God’s love and grace before, in, and after anything we do] pause Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ who is alive with you in the unity of the
