Praying Advent: Day 3
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
A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse,and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,the spirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and might,the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,or decide by what his ears hear;
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The wolf shall live with the lamb,the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze,their young shall lie down together;and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroyon all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lordas the waters cover the sea.On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,the spirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and might,the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,or decide by what his ears hear;
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The wolf shall live with the lamb,the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
the calf and the lion and the fatling together,and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze,their young shall lie down together;and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroyon all my holy mountain;
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lordas the waters cover the sea.On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
- Isaiah 11:1-10 NRSV
Meditation
What is God calling you to do to reflect God's kingdom?
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.