Proclaimer Blog
A grudging admirer of liturgy
I'm not a fan – in general – of liturgy. That comes from a convicted ecclesiology. However, neither am I one of those stick-your-head-in-the-sand kind of non conformists and I dip into the prayer book from time to time in my own devotions (please keep this to yourself). I particularly like the Church Society's English Prayer Book and use it for funerals. The renditions of the Advent collects are particular favourites. This Sunday (so I am told, I don't really understand these things) is Advent 3. And the collect is almost a preachers' prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, who at your first coming sent your messenger John the Baptist to prepare the way for you, grant that ministers and stewards of your truth may so make ready your way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at your second coming to judge the world, we may be found an acceptable people in your sight; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever, Amen.
Amen indeed.