Good Friday, Collect (Children's Reboot)

Thank you God for this day of love.

Thank you that death was not the end.

Thank you that Jesus rose from death.

Thank you that Jesus loves everyone.

Thank you for loving all the world.

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 22.34 years.

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

My three Good Friday Collects are 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.

Good Friday, Additional Collect (Redub)

God you are our life-blood.

We think of Jesus being

poured out, even to death.

We notice all the suffering in the world

and all the love there is in the world.

May we find you in the agony,

the bleeding, the hurting and the loving.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.55 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 18.89 years.

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

My three Good Friday Collects are 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.

Good Friday, Collect (Redub)

Loving God

look with mercy and grace

on the whole creation, which our saviour,

Jesus the Christ served, even to death.

May the passion, death and hope

of this day of goodness transform

our lives and our world.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 8.65 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 22.34 years.

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

My three Good Friday Collects are 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.

Good Friday Collection (Redub / Reboot)

Here are the links to my three new Collects for Good Friday.

Collect (Redub);

Additional Collect (Redub);

Collect (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.