Prayer for the Day
A prayer for a new dawn of justice
Jesus, light of liberation and source of our deliverance, whose mother’s heart was pierced as you were proclaimed a sign destined to be rejected, come near to us as we pray for the world.
We look to you in our trials and tribulations, trusting that you who have conquered death might bring us life and hope.
Where there is injustice help us to pray for a new dawn. Where the forces of the world seem intent on destruction, help us to stand firm in the conviction that God is good, all the time.
Grant us your Spirit, that even in our suffering we may rejoice that we share in your way of truth and life. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
A prayer that we be drawn to the heart of sacrifice
Draw us by your grace, O Christ, to the heart of all sacrifice, even your holy Cross, to which we cling and by which we are held, now and for ever. Amen.
A prayer for protection
O Christ of the dove, grant us the purity of the Spirit. O Christ of the sparrow, grant us the Father’s protection. O Christ of the mother-hen, grant us shelter beneath your wing. Amen.
St Bonaventure (c.1217–1274)
Wednesday 04 January 2017
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (v. 15)
Colossians 1:15-20