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The Collect for the third Sunday in Advent (1 is here and 2 here): O Lord Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of […]
Last week we looked at Samuel Best’s catechism on the Collect for the first Sunday in Advent from the Book of Common Prayer. In this post, we turn to the second. First, the prayer: “Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise […]
Once more, a few comments on the Collect for the First Sunday in Advent, which, again, reads: Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to […]
This post is piggy-backing on that on Collects and Catechism from a couple of days ago. In A Rationale upon the Book of Common-Prayer of the Church of England (1655 and afterwards), Anthony Sparrow lists several reasons why the short prayers known as “collects” are of great benefit to Christians. His third and fourth reasons are […]