Collect

Nau mai, haere mai e te Emanuera,
ko koe te huarahi, te pono me te ora;
ko koe te aka pono, te taro o te ora.
Haere mai, e te Kaiwhakaora e ora nei,
haere mai ki tāu ao e tatari nei ki a koe.
Whakarongo ki tēnei īnoi i runga i tōu aroha.
Āmine.

​Come, O come Emmanuel,
you are the way, the truth and the life;
Come, living Saviour
come to your world which waits for you.
Hear this prayer for your love’s sake.
Amen.

Collect

Kia whakamoemititia, kia whakanuia koe e
te Atua ora tonu mō Hoani Kaiiriiri
me ngā reo o rātou katoa e tangi ana i te koraha
e whakawātea nei i tāu ara.
Meingia mātou kia whakarongo i ngā kōrero ā te poropiti kia mahi ai i āu kupu;
E īnoi ai mātou i roto i a te Karaiti tō mātou Kaihoko.
Āmine.

Praise and honour to you living God for John the Baptist,
and for all those voices crying in the wilderness
who prepare your way.
May we listen when a prophet speaks your word, and obey;
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.

Collect

E te Atua tō mātou kaha me tō mātou tūmanako
hōmai ki a mātou te hautoa o Hoani Kaiiriiri,
ki te kōrero pono i ngā wā katoa ki te pana atu i te kino,
ā, kia manawanui ai ki ngā mamae mō te pono;
i runga i te ingoa o Īhu Karaiti tō mātou Ariki.
Āmine.

God our strength and our hope,
grant us the courage of John the Baptist,
constantly to speak the truth,
boldly to rebuke vice
and patiently to suffer for the truth’s sake;
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Collect

E te Atua pono, e te Atua tika,
kia āritarita mātou i te tūmanako,
i a mātou e tatari nei ki te
whakatutukitanga o tāu kī taurangi
i roto i a Īhu Karaiti, i tō mātou Kaiwhakaora.
Whakarongo ki tēnei īnoi i runga i tōu aroha.
Āmine.

God, faithful and true,
make us eager with expectation,
as we look for the fulfilment of your promise
in Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Hear this prayer for your love’s sake.
Amen.