First Sunday of Advent
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Advent
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The article is a prayer for the First Sunday of Advent. Understanding the liturgical season's history, traditions across denominations, and theological significance would provide essential context for readers unfamiliar with Christian liturgical calendars.
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Book of Common Prayer
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This collect follows the traditional Anglican prayer format and language patterns found in the Book of Common Prayer. Understanding the history and structure of these liturgical texts illuminates why Advent prayers take this particular form.
First Sunday of Advent
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Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and put on the armor of light,
now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility;
that in the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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