...faith. I ask you this through Jesus, my Lord and my brother. Amen. The Bible O God, who caused all the Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant...inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of the holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have...

...inherent in a literal reading of the Bible. The meditation follows the lines of Cranmer's collect: "Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ..." Grant us to hear and read them: The first aim for the church's disciplines of preaching and teaching, worship...

...Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.' The Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.'' The Guidance O God, by whom the meek are guided in judgment, and light riseth up in darkness...

...begins to affect the heart deeply. The Collect for the second Sunday in Advent aptly captures this mood: Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou has given us in our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.20 Meditating on the Word In ancient times both books...

...Cranmer asserted in the traditional Collect of the Second Sunday in Advent (American BCP, Proper 27): 'who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning'. It was human beings who wrote them, but God who was the primary cause of their writing. Some contemporary...

...Cranmer asserted in the traditional Collect of the Second Sunday in Advent (American BCP, Proper 27): 'who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning'. It was human beings who wrote them, but God who was the primary cause of their writing. Some contemporary...

...holy Scriptures to be wrillen for our learning; Grant that we may in 127 mi BOOK oí COMMON I-RAYKR such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly...comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold last the blessed hope of everlasting life. Collects The second Sunday in Advent I That whereas, through...

...moving clarity is the Collect traditionally used on the Second Sunday in Advent. Blessed Lord, which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; grant us that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that by patience...

...George VI's chapel at Windsor.' Also chosen by: David Ricketts, accountant. Sir Jeremy Morse, banker .Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures...which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Collect for the second Sunday in Advent, Book of Common Prayer The Rt. Hon. the Countess Mountbatten...

...prayer the collect for the second Sunday in Advent: Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scripture to be written for our learning, grant that we may...everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Notes Preface 1. ]ames Orr, Revelation and Inspiration, p. 1. Introduction:...