Praying Advent: Day 2
Praise Lauds (Traditional hour: dawn/waking up)Laudate, omnes gentes, laudate Dominum![Sing praises, all people, sing praises to the Lord!]We greet the new day by praising the Creator.Opening:
Praise the Lord, O my soul:Praise God’s holy name.
Scripture
The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In days to comethe mountain of the
Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;
all the nations shall stream to it.
Many peoples shall come and say,
‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his waysand that we may walk in his paths.’
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,and their spears into pruning-hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,neither shall they learn war any more.O house of Jacob,come, let us walkin the light of the Lord!
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;
all the nations shall stream to it.
Many peoples shall come and say,
‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his waysand that we may walk in his paths.’
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations,and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,and their spears into pruning-hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,neither shall they learn war any more.O house of Jacob,come, let us walkin the light of the Lord!
- Isaiah 2:1-5 NRSV
Meditation
Take time to listen closely to someone you may not ordinarily take seriously, or who has a different perspective than you.
Prayers
Come, Emmanuel, come dwell with me.Hope of the world and Word of life:Come, Emmanuel, come dwell with me.
Going Out
Praise the Lord, O my soul:Praise God’s holy name.
Prayer form adapted from:1Daily prayer for all seasons. (2014). New York, N.Y.: Church Publishing.