Praying Advent: Day 4
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
On this mountain the
Lord of hosts will make for all peoplesa feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines,of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear.
And he will destroy on this mountainthe shroud that is cast over all peoples,the sheet that is spread over all nations;
he will swallow up death for ever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
And he will destroy on this mountainthe shroud that is cast over all peoples,the sheet that is spread over all nations;
he will swallow up death for ever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 25:6-9 NRSV
Meditation
Set a time for five minutes. Repeat this prayer, either silently or aloud: "Come, Lord Jesus."
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.