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Risen Christ,
you have raised our human nature to the throne of heaven:
help us to seek and serve you,
that we may join you at the Father's side,
where you reign with the Spirit in glory,
now and for ever.
Amen.

The story of the Ascension is a bit like the story of Christmas backwards. In this story Jesus who rose from the dead ascends to heaven taking our human nature with him, just as he brought God's nature with him when he was born. The second part of the collect asks what many prayers ask, that we can all have God's strength to help us follow the example of Christ until we too come to heaven.
(Collect for Ascension Day)

Acts 1:1-10

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Lord God, you hold both heaven and earth in a single peace. Let the design of your great love shine on the waste of our anger and sorrow, and give peace to your Church, peace among nations, peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts, in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

This is a great prayer for peace which gives us the idea of peace as something shared between heaven and earth. The prayer also shows us what happens when we ignore peace and become angry. The prayer brings together the Church, the nations of the world our homes and ourselves.

Luke 19:38
Zechariah 8:12

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Blessed be God,
by whose grace creation is renewed, by whose love heaven is opened, by whose mercy we offer our sacrifice of praise.
Blessed be God for ever.

A prayer which brings out some attributes of God. There are three attributes for us to think about. An important part of this prayer is the idea of our 'offering a 'sacrifice' of praise - there is nothing else we can give, because everything comes from God anyway!

Ephesians 1:10

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Risen Christ,
you filled your disciples with boldness and fresh hope:
strengthen us to proclaim your risen life and fill us with your peace,
to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

This Collect does two important things. Firstly it tells us that Christ is risen from the dead. It does this very simply by using the word 'risen' twice. Secondly it asks for us to become like the disciples and to tell the story of what Jesus said and did - before and after Easter. That is what 'proclaim your risen life' means.
(Collect from Easter Day to Pentecost)

John 20 : 11-31
1 John 1:3

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Dear Almighty God, the creator of all mankind,
thank you for our humble Queen, who has reigned for 60 years and has lived such a long life.
Please bless our Queen and protect her.
Give her strength in every way, so that she may live happily and peacefully,
so that she may protect and lead Great Britain and the other countries in our commonwealth.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Collect by Jacqueline of  St Matthew's C of E Primary School, Westminster. A prayer which guides us to understand that our lives, in this and other countries, are founded on the strength of the God who made the world.

Job 36:3
Psalm 149:2

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We stand before the throne of God with countless crowds from every nation and race, tribe and language.
Blessing and glory and wisdom,thanksgiving and honour, power and might be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen.

A lovely inclusive prayer which celebrates the many people living in the world. The second part of the prayer is a call of praise to God which reminds us of the call of the crowds on Palm Sunday and is a picture of the worship of the saints and angels in heaven, in which we share.

Revelation 7.9, 12
Romans 2:10
Jude 1:25

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True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Amen.

This Collect reminds us of the story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem as a popular hero, the Messiah, cheered by the crowd. In this Collect we ask for faith. Here the word is not used just to mean 'belief' but also a way of knowing, loving and enduring. We all try to stay with other people we know and love when they are in trouble. Here we ask to play our parts in the story and be with Jesus as he is taken to the cross.
(Collect from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday)

Matthew 21:1-11
Mark 11: 1-11
Luke 19: 28-40
John 12: 12-19
Zechariah 9:9

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Eternal God,
in the cross of Jesus
we see the cost of our sin
and the depth of your love:
in humble hope and fear
may we place at his feet
all that we have and all that we are,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

When we sin we do not live up to our values and this can lead to other people suffering. The way that Jesus suffered when he was betrayed by his friends shows just how much harm our sin can do. We need God's love, healing and forgiveness in order for us to start again and try to live up to our Christian values.
(Collect for Good Friday)

Mark Chapter 15

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God our Father, 
your Word has come among us in the Holy Child of Bethlehem:may the light of faith illumine our hearts and shine in our words and deeds; through him who is Christ the Lord.
Amen.

A prayer for Christmas which has a lovely theme of light within it. We can see in this prayer that the 'light' of God is seen through the things that we do and say.
Illumine means 'make clear' or 'shine on'.

Matthew 5:14, 16

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God of our pilgrimage,
you have led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us as we go forward on our journey, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

In this prayer we think of our lives as a journey. On this journey we need many things to 'refresh' and 'sustain' us. God gives us 'living water', Jesus talks about this in John's Gospel.

John 4:14

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