Glorious Majesty - Advent retreat
For the opening prayer: The prostration prayers of Orthodox Vespers. The Advent Collect describes the second coming of Jesus – the last...
Great Humility: Advent Retreat 4
In the Advent Collect we pray to Almighty God in knowledge that his Son came to us, in this mortal life, with Great Humility. Here we...
Advent Retreat 3 - Mortal Life
‘THIS MORTAL LIFE’In the Advent Collect we pray that we may have grace ‘to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light...
Advent Retreat 2
ARMOUR OF LIGHT The second petition of the Advent Collect asks for grace to ‘put upon us the armour of light.’ As we reflected earlier,...
Advent Retreat
ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVE US GRACE THAT WE MAY CAST AWAY THE WORKS OF DARKNESS AND PUT UPON US THE ARMOUR OF LIGHT, NOW IN THE TIME OF THIS...