It Is Well with My Soul: The Sacred Roots Annual 2022-2023

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T he C elebration of C hristmas

Petitions and Supplications, Ending with the Lord’s Prayer Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

~ Matthew 6.9-13 (KJV)

Doxology (and/or closing song) Praise God fromwhom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. D eparting to S erve Benediction

O God, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ became man that we might become the sons of God: Grant, we beseech thee, that being made partakers of the divine nature of thy Son, we may be conformed to his likeness; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

~ The Book of English Collects, 1940. In Roger Geffen. The Handbook of Public Prayer. NewYork, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1963. p. 73.

Affirmation for the Day Sunday: When the Age to Come is fully consummated, the dwelling of God will be with the redeemed. Monday: The holy city, the New Jerusalem, will come down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride for her husband. Tuesday: Through Christ’s victory on the Cross, the redeemed will dwell in the very presence of the Almighty through the ages to come.