Prayer of Praise and Adoration for the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany

Maternal Admiration, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1869)

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Prayer Source = James G. Kirk, When We Gather:  A Book of Prayers for Worship, Year C (Philadelphia, PA:  Geneva Press, 1985)

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Source of all life, you give birth to the nations; we are conceived by your love.  You sustain us in the womb of your mercy; we are nourished and grow in the folds of your grace.  You have sent Jesus our Savior to deliver us, and have surrounded our days with your Spirit.  Through Christ you conceive us as children of the covenant; we gather in his household to give you our praise.

http://adventchristmasepiphany.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-b/

http://adventchristmasepiphany.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany-year-a/

Prayer of Confession for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/forgive-our-lack-of-love-prayer-of-confession-for-the-fourth-sunday-after-epiphan/