Prepare Our Hearts

O God, who prepared the minds and hearts of women and men of old for the coming of your Son, cast out all sin in our minds and hearts today, that we might we ready to receive your Son once again into our lives.  Let your Spirit illumine our darkened lives with the light of His Gospel.   Prepare us anew that Christ might dwell within us, not just for this season, but for all our days.  May He ever reign in our thoughs and affectins as the King of Love and the Prince of Peace. Grant this, we pray, for His sake.  Amen.