The Third Sunday of Advent is the Sunday of Joy.
In preparation for our Sunday Morning Worship Service I invite you to join me in offering the following prayer this week:
O Holy One,
as Christmas draws near,
there is a sense of excitement in the air.
We can feel a joy in our lives
and see it in those around us.
Still, for some of us this is a sad time
because of unhappy things that have happened in our lives.
Help us to have that joy that does not depend
on earthly happiness, but on you.
Help us to be filled with your joy
so that we may share it with a joyless world.
as Christmas draws near,
there is a sense of excitement in the air.
We can feel a joy in our lives
and see it in those around us.
Still, for some of us this is a sad time
because of unhappy things that have happened in our lives.
Help us to have that joy that does not depend
on earthly happiness, but on you.
Help us to be filled with your joy
so that we may share it with a joyless world.
Amen.
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