ADVENT
FOURTH WEEK PRAYER SERVICE
CANDLE OF LOVE
Journey together: the spirit will lead you; trust in the spirit and walk with love.
In the name of the Father——–
Let us set ourselves for this fourth week of advent prayer service through this reading.
Reading: Lk:1:26-38
Thank you Lord for this beautiful time where we are available for you. May your enkindling spirit lead us and may your enlightening spirit guide us during this prayer service. Invoking the abundant blessings of the Lord and pleading him to come into our hearts let us sing
HYMN: Advent hymn
Fourth week of Advent invites us to feel the warmth of the Lord as we are almost approaching Christmas. It is also welcoming us to imbibe the love of the Lord and to pass on this love to everyone. His divine love is poured upon in abundance during this advent season. God the creator not only took the form of human being but also planned to abide with us eternally. His birth in our midst is the sign of His unconditional love and immeasurable mercy.
Fourth week of advent candle stands for love. Love is born for us yes, we remember this historical event as we are about to step into this celebration. Jesus’ love will take away all the fear from us and fill in turn with his courage. His love will vanish the darkness of selfish nature from us and give the hearts of understanding. His love will diminish the sinful nature from us and grant us the hearts of service. Light is the icon of illumination. Through its radiation it tries to explore a new life. This candle stands as angel’s candle. Angels bring the message of God, they accompany us in our journey, they uplift us in our weakness and they play a vital role of creating a strong bond between God and human.
Inviting the light of transformation with so much of love in our hearts let us light the candle of fourth week. I invite———-
HYMN:
Let our response be
LORD, WE LONG TO SEE THEE
1.Lord, help us to make a room for you in our hearts so that you may be able to come in the form of a child as you were in the manger. This would surely enlighten us that we belong to you and you alone.
Response
2. May the preparation of Advent elevates our minds to love you more and more through which we may become worthy enough to give away your love on this earth.
Response
3. Lord, inspire us to read your word intensely in order to inculcate your virtues which will make us to become the people of truthfulness and righteousness.
Response
4. May this fourth week of advent encourage us to be engrossed in preparing ourselves as you wish to be and will to be. Strengthen us to be sincere in our journey.
Response
Expressing our eagerness to the Lord and His coming let us sing
HYMN:
At this juncture of approaching Christmas we fondly remember our loving Mother Mary, who also awaited for the birth of Jesus. She tried to ponder every event in her heart and ready to attempt any extraordinary step to say yes to the Lord. Mother Mary said yes to the will of God. Her simple words became as faithful words in her total surrender to God. She played an exemplary role to trade the incessant path towards holiness. From the moment she received the angelic words she kept herself receptive to give meaning to the words. Her outstanding nature of obeying the will of God created a new hope to the humanity. Her vibrant silence to the word of God and her contribution towards the path of redemption even today add meaning for our obedience to the Lord. Let us greet her and seek her unceasing intercessory blessing for all of us let us pray/ sing the angelus.
ANGELUS
Passing for a while in silence let us pray for all the people preparing for the Lord’s arrival. May we all become spiritually worthy to celebrate this great coming of our Lord.
Offering all the people let us call upon the name of the Lord as we pray
Our father——–
CONCLUDING PRAYER:
Dear loving Lord we venerate you for this opportunity of coming together during this fourth week of Advent. We praise you Lord for the loving effort we each one put forth. Continue to encourage us to walk in the path of true light where peace and harmony able to embrace. We make this prayer through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.