Collect for the Second Sunday of Advent
Prepare the way
Almighty God,
you sent your servant John the Baptist
to prepare the way for the coming of your
Son;
grant that those who proclaim your word
may so guide our feet into the way of
peace,
that we may stand with confidence before
him
when he comes in his glorious kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Judge and our
Redeemer.
Amen.
E te Atua Kaha rawa,
i tonoa e koe tāu pononga a Hoani Kaiiriiri
hei whakapai i te huarahi mō te haerenga
mai o tāu Tama;
tukua ki a rātou e kauwhau nei i tāu kupu
ā, arahina ō mātou waewae ki te ara o te
rangimārie,
kia tū tangata ai mātou i mua i tōna aroaro
mō tōna taenga mai i runga i te korōria o
tōna kīngitanga;
E īnoi ai mātou i roto i a te Karaiti tō
mātou Kaiwhakawā, me tō mātou Kaihoko.
Āmine