Eternal God,
as Mary waited for the birth of your Son,
so we wait for his coming in glory;
bring us through the birth pangs of this present age
to see,with her, our great salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen
In response to some comments that the Collects (weekly prayers)
are complex and hard to understand, the Church of England recently produced
a set of shorter 'Additional Collects'. I think these are much more accessible
and easy to pray. In future the additional collects will be printed on the Sheet,
although we may still use the longer Collects in some of our services.