Second Sunday of Advent

A prayer for the second Sunday of Advent:

Ever present God,
   you taught us that the night
      is far spent
      and the day is at hand.
Grant that we
   may ever be
      found watching
      for the coming
      of your Son.
Save us from undue love
   of the world,
   that we may wait
      with patient hope
      for the day of the Lord,
   and so abide in him,
   that when he shall appear,
      we may not be ashamed;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

- Book of Worship, 254