Second Week of Advent - Hope for Change

As our Second week of Advent begins, our prayer of hope and deasire for peace continues. As you continue to share prayer with us, may you be truly blessed and may you receive the graces you need most from your Father who loves you.

Let us pray;

“God of power and mercy, open our hearts in welcome. Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy, so that we may share his wisdom and become one with him when he comes in glory, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen”

Read Isaiah 11:1-10
“On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him...Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them.”

Reflect
Today we hear this wonderful proclamation of the end of violence and a promise of justice and peace. Let us experience today what it will be like to be freed from the power of injustice, conflict and division. Our longing, our desire: that we might be set free.

Pray
Dear Lord, through the darkness, I look for your wisdom. I want my heart to be open to you. Let me be a peacemaker in my own life, and in the world. Let me pray especially for this difficult world and those who are so in need of an end to violence. My heart begs for this in your name. Amen.