Fifth Sunday of Lent, Post Communion (Children's Reboot)

Jesus you are our friend.

You like to help us

and you pray for us.

When we pray, help us.

When we help look after

other people, help us.

When we help look after

our planet, help us.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 3.04 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 23.6 years.

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

The Fifth Sunday of Lent 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 link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Collect (Children's Reboot)

God of life,

Thank you for life on earth.

God of love,

thank for all the love in the world.

Thank you that Jesus shows us

that love will go on for ever.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 4.4 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.43 years.

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

The Fifth Sunday of Lent 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 link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Post Communion (Redub)

Jesus our servant and leader,

we know that you love to serve us.

We know that in serving you

we can find perfect freedom.

As we think of your costly love,

give us the courage to see

the purpose of loving your world,

before counting the cost.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.53 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 23.6 years.

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

The Fifth Sunday of Lent 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 link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Fifth Sunday of Lent, Additional Collect (Redub)

Loving God,

you chose, in Jesus,

to live in and love our world.

By this we know your love

is as close as close can be.

When we think of how Jesus

was rejected, misunderstood

and judged help us understand

our human nature and your Godly love.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 7.97 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 18.68 years.

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

The Fifth Sunday of Lent 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 link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Fifth Sunday of Lent Collect (Redub)

Rescuing God,

in Jesus living, dying and rising again,

you show us that your love

can rescue our world.

May we live, hungry to share love,

hungry to offer mercy and 
hungry to seek justice.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.2 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.43 years.

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

The Fifth Sunday of Lent 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 link to my blog would be much appreciated

Fifth Sunday of Lent Collection (Redub / Reboot)

Here are the links to my five new Collects and Post Communions for the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

Collect (Redub);

Additional Collect (Redub);

Post Communion (Redub);

Collect (Children's Reboot);

Post Communion (Children's Reboot).

The project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013.

Here's a full Index of Prayers that I've written.

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

Here's the information on how a prayer is a reboot.

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.