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Various Forms of Prayers for the People can be found here.
A prayer for Advent

Thank you, 
Scandalous God, 
For giving yourself to the world, 
Not in the powerful and extraordinary, 
But in weakness and the familiar: 
In a baby; in bread and wine. 
Thank you 
For offering, at journey’s end, a new beginning; 
For setting, in the poverty of a stable, 
The richest jewel of your love; 
For revealing, in a particular place, 
Your light for all nations. 
Thank you 
For bringing us to Bethlehem, 
Where the empty are filled, 
And the filled are emptied; 
Where the poor find riches, 
And the rich recognize their poverty; 
Where all who kneel and hold out their hands 
Are unstintingly fed. 
Thank you
For our ability to partner with
Episcopal Relief & Development in
healing this hurting world.

Kate Compston 
From Bread of Tomorrow (as modified for the Diocese of New Jersey's 75th Anniversary of Episcopal Relief & Development Celebration)
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