New Year Prayer

blake_ancient_of_daysO God,
your days are without beginning
and without end.
We dedicate this coming year to you.
Give us such prosperity as you know is good for us,
and make us abound in doing whatever is pleasing to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Source: Mozarabic Collect for New Year, freely modified from  Mozarabic Collects, ed. Rev. Chas. R. Hale, New York, 1881, p.18 #1

“” is a reference to Revelation 21:6Revelation 22:13

“Give us such prosperity as you know is good for us” is a reference to Psalm 128:5Romans 8:28

“make us abound in doing whatever is pleasing to you” is a reference to 2 Corinthians 9:8

 

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