Saturday, December 18, 2010

Prayer for Sundays from the Book of Common Prayer

I love this prayer from the BCP for Sundays, as it reminds us what the real purpose of Sunday worship is. The early church were for the most part Sabbath keepers on Saturday, the last day of the week, and Resurrection celebrators on Sunday, the first day of the week. I think we should be too, as we lose SO much by conflating the two into one day. Here is the prayer.....

O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.