Sacred Meditations

We pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what He commands so that we may obtain what He promises. Collect for Proper 25 (the Sunday closest to October 26), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God has revealed His glory among the nations in His Son Jesus. We pray that He would keep His Church in mercy that she may persevere in the true confession of His Name. Collect for Proper 24 (the Sunday closest to October 19), from The Book of Common Prayer.

This week we pray that God’s grace may always go before us and follow after us so that we may live lives of good works (see Ephesians 2:8-10). Collect for Proper 23 (the Sunday closest to October 12), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God is always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and to give more than we desire or deserve. We pray that He would pour out upon us His abundant mercy, forgive us those things which frighten our conscience, and give us the good things that we do …

God shows His almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity. We pray that He would grant us the fullness of His grace, that we may obtain His promises and become partakers of His heavenly treasure. Collect for Proper 21 (the Sunday closest to September 28), from The Book of …

We live among earthly things that pass away, and we can become so anxious about those things. So we pray that our Lord Jesus would grant us to love the heavenly things and hold fast to those things that endure. Collect for Proper 20 (the Sunday closest to September 21), …

Without God, we are not able to please Him. Therefore, we pray that He would give His Holy Spirit to us, so that He may direct and rule our hearts in all things. Collect for Proper 19 (the Sunday closest to September 14), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–gives all good things. Therefore we pray that He would graft into our hearts all good things: the love of His Name, true religion, and the fruit of good works. Collect for Proper 17 (the Sunday closest to August 31), from The Book of Common Prayer.

Since our merciful God gathers His Church in unity by the Holy Spirit, we pray that the Church would show forth His power among all peoples. Collect for Proper 16 (the Sunday closest to August 24), from The Book of Common Prayer.

God has given His Son Jesus Christ to be both a sacrifice for sin and an example of the godly life. We give thanks to Him for the fruits of His redeeming work, and we ask for His grace to follow daily in the steps of His most holy life. …