Collect, Christmas Night (Redub)

Ever-living God.

Your eternal light shines brightly

on this holy night.

In your light we see light.

Be as a lamp to our feet

and a light to our path,

both now and forever.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.79 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 16.29 years.

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

Christmas Night Collection of 3 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.

Additional Collect, Christmas Night (Redub)

God of love,

in this night is such hope.

In this darkness is such brightness.

May we and the whole creation

be filled with the light of Christ

both tonight and forever.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.52 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 22.2 years.

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

Christmas Night Collection of 3 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.

Post Communion, Christmas Night (Redub)

God our friend and rescuer,

all our hopes and fears

have been met in you tonight.

May the Spirit release us from fear

and the Christ-child give light to hope.

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 10.8 years.

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

Christmas Night Collection of 3 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.

Christmas Night Collection (Redub)

Here are my three Collects and Post Communions for Christmas Night (normally I write 5, but no children specific prayers seeing as it's for the middle-of-the-night):

Collect (Redub);
AdditionalCollect (Redub);
PostCommunion (Redub).

The project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013.

Here's an Index of Prayers.

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

Here's the information on how a prayer is a rebooted (but in the instance of Christmas Night I have not written children's reboots of the Collects and Post Communions)

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.