"Come Today, O Lord"—Prayer of Invocation

Published November 5, 2026

Updated November 5, 2026

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This prayer of invocation originally appeared in "In the Beginning was the Word—Advent 4: Incarnate Savior of the World Who Is Coming Again."

Prayer of Invocation

Our request is as old as time and as fresh as this new moment in your creation of time;

Come today, O Lord, come today, we pray! Let us see your face and then may our faces shine with your glory.

With the line of your faithful servants, 
Abraham, Moses, Rahab, Ruth, David, Elijah, John the Baptizer, Paul, and now we ourselves ask,

Come today, O Lord, come today, we pray! Let us see your face and then may our faces shine with your glory.

As we bring our sacrifices of praise and worship into your holy place, hear our voices.

Come today, O Lord, come today, we pray! Let us see your face and then may our faces shine with your glory. Amen and Amen.