Advent Collects

Collects of Advent

First Sunday
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
The resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
With righteous deeds at his coming,
So that, gathered at his right hand,
They may be worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Monday
Keep us alert, we pray, o Lord our God,
As we await the advent of Christ your son,
So that, when he comes and knocks
He may find us watchful in prayer
And exultant in his praise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Tuesday
Look with favor, Lord God, on our petition
And in our trials grant us your compassionate help,
That, consoled by the presence of your Son,
Whose coming we now await,
We may be tainted no longer
By the corruption of former ways.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Wednesday
Prepare our hearts, we pray, o Lord our God
By your divine power,
So that at the coming of Christ your Son
We may be found worthy of the banquet of eternal life
And merit to receive heavenly nourishment from his hands
Who lives and reigns with you
In the unity of the Holy Spirit
One God, forever and ever.

First Thursday
Stir up your power, O Lord,
And come to our help with mighty strength,
That what our sins impede
The grace of your mercy may hasten.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Friday
Stir up your power, O Lord, and come,
That with you to protect us,
We may find rescue
From the pressing dangers of our sins,
And with you to set us free
We may be found worthy of salvation.
who live and reign with you God the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

First Saturday
O God, who sent your Only Begotten Son into this world
To free the human race from its ancient enslavement,
Bestow on those who devoutly await him
The grace of your compassion from on high,
That we may attain the prize of true freedom.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Second Sunday
Almighty and merciful God,
May no earthly undertaking hinder those
Who set out in haste meet your Son,
But may our learning of heavenly wisdom
Gain us admittance to his company.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.
2nd Monday
May our prayer of petition
Rise before you, we pray, O Lord,
That, with purity unblemished,
We, your servants, may come, as we desire,
To celebrate the great mystery
Of the Incarnation of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

2nd Tuesday
O God, who have shown forth your salvation
To all the ends of the earth,
Grant we pray,
That we may look forward in joy
To the glorious Nativity of Christ.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

2nd Wednesday
Almighty God, who command us
To prepare the way for Christ the Lord,
Grant in your kindness, we pray,
That no infirmity may weary us
As we long for the comforting presence
Of our heavenly physician.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

2nd Thursday
Stir up our hearts, O Lord,
To make ready the paths
Of your Only Begotten Son,
That through his coming,
We may be found worthy to serve you
With minds made pure.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

2nd Friday
Grant that your people, we pray, almighty God,
May be ever watchful
For the coming of your Only Begotten Son,
That, as the author of our salvation himself has taught us,
We may hasten, alert and with lighted lamps,
To meet him when he comes.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

2nd Saturday
May the splendor of your glory
Dawn in our hearts,
We pray almighty God,
That all shadows of the night may be scattered
And we may be shown to be children of light
By the advent of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Sunday
O God, who see how your people
Faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s nativity,
Enable us, we pray,
To attain the joys of so great a salvation
And to celebrate them always
With solemn worship and glad rejoicing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Monday
Incline a merciful ear to our cry, we pray, O Lord,
And casting light on the darkness of our hearts,
Visit us with the grace of your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Tuesday
O God, who through your Only Begotten Son
Have made us a new creation,
Look kindly, we pray,
On the handiwork of your mercy,
And at your Son’s coming
Cleans us from every stain of the old way o life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Wednesday
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
That the coming solemnity of your Son
May bestow healing upon us in this present l8ife
And bring us the rewards of life eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Thursday
Unworthy servants that we are, O Lord,
Grieved by the guilt of our deeds,
We pray that you may gladden us
By the saving advent of your Only Begotten Son
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

3rd Friday
May your grace, almighty God,
Always go before us and follow after,
So that we, who await with heartfelt desire
The coming of your Only Begotten Son,
May receive your help both now and in the life to come.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

4th Sunday
Pour forth we beseech you, O Lord,
You grace into our hearts,
That we, to whom the incarnation of Christ your Son
Was made known by the message of an angel,
May by his passion and cross
Be brought to the glory of his Resurrection.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 17
O God, creator and Redeemer of human nature,
Who willed that your Word should take flesh
In an ever-virgin womb,
Look with favor on our prayers,
That your Only Begotten Son,
Having taken to himself our humanity,
May be pleased to grant us a share in his divinity.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 18
Grant, we pray, almighty God,
That we, who are weighed down from of old
By slavery beneath the yoke of sin,
May be set free by the newness
Of the long-awaited Nativity
Of your Only Begotten Son.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 19
O God, who through the child-bearing of the holy Virgin
Graciously revealed the radiance of your glory to the world,
Grant, we pray,
That we may venerate with integrity of faith
The mystery of so wondrous an Incarnation
And always celebrate it with due reverence.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 20
O God, eternal majesty, whose ineffable Word
The immaculate Virgin received through the message of an angel,
And so became the dwelling place of divinity,
Grant, we pray, that by her example
We may in humility hold fast to your will,
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 21
Hear in kindness, O Lord,
The prayers of your people,
That those how rejoice
At the coming of your only Begotten Son in our flesh
May, when at last he comes in glory,
Gain the reward of eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 22
O God, who, seeing the human race fallen into death,
Willed to redeem it by the coming
Of your Only Begotten Son,
Grant we pray,
That those who confess his Incarnation with humble fervor
May merit his company as their Redeemer,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 23
Almighty ever-living God,
As we see how the Nativity of your Son
According to the flesh draws near,
We pray that to us, your unworthy servants,
Mercy may flow from your Word,
Who chose to become flesh of the Virgin Mary
And establish us as his dwelling.
Jesus Christ our Lord,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.

December 24
At the Morning Mass
Come quickly, we pray, Lord Jesus
And do not delay,
That those who trust in your compassion
May find solace and relief in your coming.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, for ever and ever.



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