Christ Within Us

Gracious and loving God, who has prepared the minds and hearts of women /men of old for the coming of your Son, and whose Spirit works continually to illumine our darkened lives with the light of His Gospel:  Prepare now our minds and hearts, we pray, that Christ may dwell within us, and ever reign in our thoughts and affections as the King of Love and the Prince of Peace.  Grant this, we pray, for the sake of Jesus the Christ, in whose name we pray.  Amen.