A prayer as we await Jesus' return

  O Lord Jesus Christ, who by your holy angels promised that you would come again in like manner as you were taken from us,

  even so come, we ask you, and fulfill the desire of your Church.

  Lord, we wait for you day by day.

  Give us the graces of your Holy Spirit, that we will not be unready when you appear;

    watchfulness, that our loins may be girded and our lights burning;

    zeal, that we will not be slothful, but followers of those who inherit your promises;

    singleness of heart, that we will not be unfaithful stewards of your manifold gifts.

  And thus, O Lord, may we wait for you,

  not unwise, but understanding what is your will,

  walking circumspectly, because the days are evil.

  Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

- HENRY ALFORD (1810–1871)

Acts 1:10–11 (ESV)

10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

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