What If…

Oh…it’s prayer then sex then sleep. Got it.

// September 2nd, 2009 // 10902 Comments »http://williamguice.com/2009/09/02/is-it-prayer-then-sex-or-sex-then-prayer-i-get-confused/Oh...it%27s+prayer+then+sex+then+sleep.++Got+it.2009-09-02+14%3A40%3A19William+Guice // Religion

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Roman Catholic couples are being encouraged to pray together before they have sex.

A book published by a prominent Church group invites those setting out on married life to recite the specially-composed Prayer Before Making Love.

It is aimed at ‘purifying their intentions’ so that the act is not about selfishness or hedonism.

The prayer, which appears in the Prayer Book for Spouses, implores God ‘to place within us love that truly gives, tenderness that truly unites, self-offering that tells the truth and does not deceive, forgiveness that truly receives, loving physical union that welcomes’.

It adds: ‘Open our hearts to you, to each other and to the goodness of your will.

‘Cover our poverty in the richness of your mercy and forgiveness. Clothe us in true dignity and take to yourself our shared aspirations, for your glory, for ever and ever.’

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Prayer for the Third Sunday of Advent

// December 14th, 2008 // Comments Off // Family

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might
come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let
your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor
and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Prayer for the Second Week of Advent

// December 7th, 2008 // Comments Off // Religion

Merciful God, who sent your messengers the
prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation:
Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may
greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Sunday of Advent

// November 30th, 2008 // Comments Off // The Church at Spring Hill

From the Book of Common Prayer:

Almighty
God, give us the grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on
the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your
Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last
day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the
living and the dead, we may rise to life immortal; through him who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever.

Amen.