Prayers for One Voice: 180 Prayers Based on the Revised Common Lectionary

Using the Scriptures assigned for each week as creative sparks, the authors have crafted prayers which evoke powerful images and are also relevant to contemporary concerns. Pastors and worship leaders will enrich the worship service with these moving, biblically based prayers.

Third Sunday of Advent (Year C)

O Lord our God, where rainbow bends in the midst of thunder, or a flower blooms in the midst of sand, you are there. Where a dream persists in the midst of conflict, or a protest arises in the midst of calm, you are there. Where a candle glows in the midst of winter, or a river thaws in the midst of spring, you are there...

For those who follow the Revised Common Lectionary, this volume provides a prayer for each Sunday of the three-year cycle. Others who do not follow the lectionary, or who wish to use these beautiful prayers for small group or personal devotions, will find the subject index helpful.

The prayers have been selected from the popular three-volume series, Litanies and Other Prayers for the Revised Common Lectionary.