Sun. December 30 – Isaiah 58:1-59:3, 14-21 / Luke 1:26-38
Mon. December 31 – Isaiah 60:1-22 / Luke 1:39-56
Tue. January 1 – Isaiah 61:1-11 / Luke 1:57-80
Wed. January 2 – Isaiah 62:1-12 / Luke 2:1-20
Thu. January 3 – Isaiah 63:1-14 / Luke 2:21-40
Fri. January 4 – Isaiah 63:15-65:2 / Luke 2:41-52
Sat. January 5 – Isaiah 65:8-25 / Luke 3:1-20
Daily Themes for Prayer:
Sun: Pray for the joy of the resurrection among us; true and godly worship throughout the world, and the faithful preaching and hearing of God's Word.
Mon: Pray for faith to live in the promises of Holy Baptism; your calling and daily work; the unemployed; the salvation and well-being of our neighbors; for government and for peace.
Tue: Pray for deliverance against temptation; the addicted and despairing; the tortured and oppressed; and those struggling with besetting sins.
Wed: Pray for marriage and family; living together under the grace of Christ according to the Word of God; those adults who must rear their children alone; and godly schools, especially for Trinity-St. Paul and Metro East Lutheran High School, all the schools of our Church and our seminaries.
Thu: Pray for the Church and her pastors; for missionaries; fruitful and salutary use of the Blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Body and Blood.
Fri: Pray for the preaching of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; its spread throughout the whole world and our community; for the persecuted.
Sat: Pray for faithfulness to the end; the revival of those who are withering in the faith or have fallen away; receptive hearts for worship and study on the Lord's Day.
Collect of the Day:
O God, our Maker and Redeemer, You wonderfully created us and in the incarnation of Your Son yet more wondrously restored our human nature. Grant that we may ever be alive in Him who made Himself to be like us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
