O God, you have kept your covenant with every generation.

In a world shadowed by the many infidelities of frail humanity, grant us faith in your enduring love, confirmed in us by the power of your Spirit, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God, you are our guide and guard along life’s paths.

Lead us in the ways of justice and love, righteousness and peace, by the guidance of the Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord our God, you have granted us the belief that your Son, the Savior of the human race, is seated at your right hand in glory ( Read more... )

God of power and might, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, banish all sadness, fill us with the joy of your Spirit, and center our lives on your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

God of love, you dwell among us in our sorrow as in our joy.

Fill us with hope by the power of the Spirit so that we may serve you in love as we wait and work toward that promised day when your kingdom will be established in glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

     What has been now said about the Ascension of our Lord comes to this: that we are in a world of mystery, with one bright light before us, sufficient for our proceeding forward through all difficulties.  Take away this light, and we are utterly wretched - we know not where we are, how we are sustained, what will become of us, and of all that is ( Read more... )

O God, you descended in the cloud to the Mount of Olives, as once you descended in the cloud upon Mount Sinai.  On Sinai you gave the law of the covenant to Moses.  On the Mount of Olives you took to yourself in glory the One who is the law of the new and eternal covenant ( Read more... )

O God, Creator and Redeemer, you are the author of being and life.

Inspire in us a spirit of praise, that we may give you glory in everything we think and say and do, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God and Father, you brought life to the whole world by the power of your word spoken into the darkness of the primal chaos; you brought new life by the power of your Word made flesh, crucified and raised for our salvation.

Keep us firm in the faith which Saint Athanasius taught and for which he suffered, through the same Christ our Lord, Amen.

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