24. November 2019
O merciful Father, who in compassion for thy sinful children didst send thy Son Jesus Christ to be the Saviour of the World: grant us grace to feel and to lament our share in the evil which made it needful for him to suffer and to die four our salvation. Help us by self-denial, prayer, and meditation to prepare our hearts for deeper penitence and a better life. And give us a true longing to be free from sin, through the deliverance wrought by Jesus Christ, our only Redeemer. Amen.
Henry van Dyke, New York (1852-1933)