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Friday, December 12, 2014

The Way of Advent - Stations Five and Six

Fifth Station – The Annunciation to Mary (Luke 2:28, 30-32)

Our King and Savior now draws near:
Come among us and save us, we pray.

Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you. Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.

V.  He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
R.  And of his kingdom there will be no end.

Let us pray. (Silence)

Pour your grace into our hearts, O Lord, that we who have known the incarnation of your Son Jesus Christ, announced by an angel to the Virgin Mary, may by his cross and passion be brought to the glory of his resurrection; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
(Book of Common Prayer, 240)

Savior of the nations, come!
Virgin’s Son, make here your home.
Marvel now, both heaven and earth,
that the Lord chose such a birth.
            - Martin Luther (after Ambrose of Milan)
            The Hymnal 1982, #54  st. 1


Sixth Station – Mary’s Response (Luke 1:38)

Our King and Savior now draws near:
Come among us and save us, we pray.

Mary said, Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. Then the angel departed from her.

V.  The child to be born will be holy;
R.  He will be called Son of God.

Let us pray. (Silence)

O God, you have taken to yourself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of your incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer, 243)

Savior of the nations, come!
Virgin’s Son, make here your home.
Marvel now, both heaven and earth,
that the Lord chose such a birth.


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