An Advent Prayer…
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OUR FATHER, Christ crucified, who with Your Father is our Everlasting Father, and
WHO ART IN HEAVEN, now and always—even when Your hands were nailed to the cursed cross—to You we pray as well. O Christ crucified,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME, the very name that people cursed and mocked in Your hour of deepest humiliation. O crucified Savior,
THY KINGDOM COME, just as the thief on the cross prayed, “Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Remember us, and reign in our hearts from the cross. Lord Jesus, crucified for us,
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, just as You controlled the sun, the stars, and everything during those hours of darkness. May Your good and gracious will be done in me and throughout every area of my life. O Christ crucified, who cried out, “I thirst,”
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. Your hands that fed thousands will not be stopped by nails from providing everything we need.
AND, Christ crucified, FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, even as You forgave those who tortured You, because it was for our forgiveness that You surrendered Yourself into their hands,
AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. Help us, whenever others hurt or offend us, to remember You hanging there, suffering and bleeding for us.
AND, dear Jesus, crucified, LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. You are our one true Friend, who will always guide us correctly and call us back when we wander like sheep, protecting us from the devil’s power.
BUT, O Crucified, DELIVER US FROM EVIL, just as You saved us from sin through Your agony and bloody death. Deliver us now from every evil deed, from the serpent of hell’s power, and from an evil death.
FOR THINE, Christ crucified, IS THE KINGDOM. Your crown was made of thorns, yet You rule over all things forever,
AND Yours, Christ crucified, is THE POWER, and nothing can stop You from performing Your marvelous works,
AND Yours, Christ crucified, THE GLORY for our redemption and for every good thing we receive, all because You gave Yourself for us.
FOREVER AND EVER, because the saving power of Your cross lasts forever, and You will be with us until the end of the world.
AMEN. Your cross has made it certain.