Second Sunday of Christmas Collect (Redub)

Self-emptying God,

in becoming human and born of a woman,

you have poured on all living things

the light and word of life.

Help us to walk in this light,

dwell in your love,

and follow your words of hope

for all peoples and the whole creation.

May we become joy-filled and joyful

for the sake of your kingdom.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 8.13 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.34 years.

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

My collection of five prayers for the Second Sunday After Christmas are here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project runs from Advent 2012.

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