Author: mgreen

  • A Collect to Testify to Christ

    A Collect to Testify to Christ

    Holy Spirit, who abides with us as wisdom and power, grant us courage to speak the truth of your presence and of the divinity of Christ, that those who are willing to receive your blessing might hear and welcome you into their lives, through him who was raised from the dead and now lives forever…

  • A Collect to Do Good

    A Collect to Do Good

    Almighty God, source of all power, grant us the desire and capacity to do good to those in need, that we might free those oppressed by the devil and by earthly powers and bring life and healing to those whom you love and so follow in the footsteps of your beloved son, who lives and…

  • A Collect to Show No Partiality

    A Collect to Show No Partiality

    Great and loving God, who shows no partiality, show us where we harbor bias and prejudice, that we might rid ourselves of these things and show love to all as you do, through Jesus our savior, who gave freely to all who would receive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory forever.…

  • A Collect to Put to Death the Ways of the World

    A Collect to Put to Death the Ways of the World

    Lord Jesus, who holds power over life and death, put to death in us all that leads away from you, that we would obtain from you at the right time the true life that comes from your way of faith, hope, and love, through you who lives in perfect joy forever with the Father and…

  • A Collect to Avoid Attachment the Things of This World

    A Collect to Avoid Attachment the Things of This World

    Risen Lord, who showed us the way of heaven, keep us from dwelling on the things of this world, lest they draw us away from you and from what truly satisfies our souls, through you who loved us to the end and now rules in love and justice with the Father and Holy Spirit above.…

  • An Easter Collect

    An Easter Collect

    Risen Lord, who brings new life to those who are willing to receive it, may we be transformed by your power and given new life, that we would seek the things of heaven and desire that which you treasure both in this life and in the life to come, through you who lives and reigns…

  • A Holy Saturday Collect

    A Holy Saturday Collect

    O God who is hidden and waits in silence, let us hold fast to the remembrance of your love, that even in affliction and suffering we might yet find hope and trust in your salvation, through your beloved son Jesus, who lay in the grave with the assurance that you would raise him again in…

  • A Good Friday Collect

    A Good Friday Collect

    Suffering servant of God, who was wounded that we might be healed, open our eyes to the consequences of sin and wrong, of hubris and malice and greed, that we might turn from the ways of death and embrace the wholeness that you offer, through you who gave up your life that we might live…

  • A Maundy Thursday Collect

    A Maundy Thursday Collect

    Great teacher, who knows the way of life, incline our hearts to love one another first and always, that we might be sons of our Father and true disciples of you and your ways, through you who died to show us the extent of your love and was raised to life by the power of…

  • A Lenten Collect for Life out of Death

    A Lenten Collect for Life out of Death

    Lord Jesus, who holds the keys of death and Hades, bring life out of death, that our grief might be soothed and our faith in you renewed and we would continually watch for how you will redeem all things, through you who ascended from the grave to reign in glory with the Father and Holy…