Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989. Word of Life, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58843 [retrieved December 7, 2024]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dharder9475/21399065780/in/photolist-yAXNJ1-kqj3RH-63cTd5-2kNHPWq-638zvx-638LP4-638Ahk-638PAa-638MuB-638LCn-638LoF-638Jq6-638JfZ-63cWsU-63cVXL-638CPx-638BTx-63cR1f-638zTK-63cQGC-638xVz-63cNyW-63cNrW-63cN53-9i8dC4-95dLek-63cLB7-638uY4-638uNg-638FhX-638PPt-63d5Kb-63cSxu-63cQBU-63cQkm-w3qLJo-6rN7C7-2cDuMFz-2dvzXNh-FMmrBf-XfZgFB-i436ca-HfcRiL-iSPFzA-W5RqPE-NpUkH9-t5UEtD-kvBHkz-2hvGoJK-LEVcyy.
God of timeless grace,
you fill us with joyful expectation.
Make us ready for the message that prepares the way,
that with uprightness of heart and holy joy
we may eagerly await the kingdom of your Son, Jesus Christ,
who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Reproduced from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, copyright © 2002 Consultation on Common Texts, Augsburg Fortress.
Used by permission.
you fill us with joyful expectation.
Make us ready for the message that prepares the way,
that with uprightness of heart and holy joy
we may eagerly await the kingdom of your Son, Jesus Christ,
who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Reproduced from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers, copyright © 2002 Consultation on Common Texts, Augsburg Fortress.
Used by permission.