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

God our maker

our world is so big

and there are so many people.

Help us to find our place

among the people and

creatures of the earth.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.6 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

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

The First Sunday of Lent Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012, the first phase concludes in 2016.

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.

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

God of love

Jesus knew what it was like

to feel very small in a big world.

Help us know you love us,

if we don't feel sure.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.6 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

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

The First Sunday of Lent Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012, the first phase concludes in 2016.

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.

First Sunday of Lent, Post Communion (Redub)

Loving God,

your Spirit renews the face of the earth

and in our communion you renew our life together.

Give those with no food, bread;

and those with bread, the hunger for justice.*

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 9.02 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 24.28 years.

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

The First 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

* I attempt to not discuss or comment here on the text, but this sentence is a straight lifting of a Latin American prayer and I wanted to note that.

First Sunday of Lent, Additional Collect (Redub)

God of heaven and earth,

when Jesus went to a wild and

vast place, you were there.

Find us, we pray, in the

busy, lonely and empty spaces of our lives.

Help us find you in the crowd,

when alone, and in the creation.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.78 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 16.4 years.

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

The First Sunday of Lent Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012, the first phase concludes in 2016.

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.

First Sunday of Lent, Collect (Redub)

God of power and peace,

your Spirit cast* out

Jesus the Christ-servant

into the wilderness.

Angels and animals were with Jesus.

Just as Christ stayed in your love

may we stay with you even

when the journey is hard.

Gift us, too, with the company of

animals and messengers of peace.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 9.82 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 31.94 years.

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

The First Sunday of Lent Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012, the first phase concludes in 2016.

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.

*Alternatives I considered to 'cast' were 'sent', 'shoved', 'dragged', 'pushed', 'pulled' and 'bounced'.

First Sunday of Lent Collection (Redub / Reboot)

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

Collect (Redub);

Additional Collect (Redub);

Post Communion (Redub);

Collect (Children's Reboot);

Post Communion (Children's Reboot).

The project began Advent 2012, the first phase concludes in 2016.

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.