Collect for the first Sunday in Advent

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Written By Opawa-St Martins Parish

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Praise and honour to you living God;

your coming will be like a thief in the night,

like lightning flashing across the sky.

Grant that we may be ready,

and our hearts answer, Come Lord Jesus.

Hear this prayer for your love’s sake.

Amen

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