Collect, Christmas Eve (Redub)

Creator God, we are glad to

remember and celebrate

the birth of your Son Jesus Christ.

We are glad as the long wait of Advent ends,

the great mystery of Christmas begins.

Help us get ready for all you

have in store for our world,

both now and for ever.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 9.01 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 30.98 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Christmas Eve Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.