2nd Sunday in Advent - 4 December 2005
November 22, 2005
This collect is part of a series produced for Anglican Youth Yeah! - Advent 2005 to Advent 2006. You can read the others that have been produced online, or alternatively download the full compilation.
Readings
First Reading Isaiah 40: 1-11
Second Reading 2 Peter 3: 8-15a
Gospel Mark 1: 1-8
Theme
Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki / Prepare the way of the Lord
Sentence
“He reo nō tētahi i te koraha e karanga ana, Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki, Whakatikaia ōna ara.”
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
Mark 1:3
Collect
Maori
E Pā, e tō mātou Atua,
Nāu te ao i hanga, nāu mātou i hanga,
Nāu anō hoki i tuku mai tāu tama hei ara whainga mā mātou.
He rerekē tāu e pai ai ki tō mātou e hiahia ai,
Ka puta mai hoki tō karanga i te tutua i te koraha,
Ehara i ngā tāngata whai mana i ngā temepara.
Tūwherangia ō mātou ngākau kia rangona e mātou tō reo e pakō mai ana i te koraha,
Āu poropitinga e haruru mai ana i te hunga rangatahi,
Kia tū, kia oho, kia matāra,
Kia whakamārama te huarahi,
Kia whakatikaina ōu ara ki tāu e pai ai.
Ka tāpaea ēnei mea katoa ki a koe i runga i te ingoa o te Matua, te Tama, me Te Wairua Tapu.
Āmine.
E te Atua
You call us your young people out of the wilderness to be your messengers in the world
Help us to recognise and hear your voice through the young people
By preparing your way in the world
And proclaiming the Good news to all people
Through your son Jesus Christ
Amen
Contributed by
Michael Tamihere (Youth representative to the Anglican Consultative Council) and Tessa Wolff (Convener T3 Executive Committee)
Michael and Tessa are both students at Te Rau Kahikatea, the Tikanga Maori component of The College of St John the Evangelist, Meadowbank, Auckland. Michael Tamihere, 24, is one of only two youth representatives (co-opted) on the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), and is also the youth liaison to that body for the Anglican Indigenous Network (AIN). Tessa Wolff, 25, is the Convener of the T3 Executive, which is the standing committee of the Tikanga Youth Exchange.
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