1st Sunday After Christmas
First Reading: Isaiah 61:10-62:3
Psalm 148
Second Reading: Gal. 4:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:22-40
4th Sunday of Advent
This Sunday is Christmas Eve, and it is also the day that the fourth advent candle is lit. Many of us will worship in the morning and in the evening too. Also, for many of us, we are a bit thrown by the calendar when it falls this way.
3rd Sunday of Advent
With the Third Sunday of Advent comes the lighting of the rose-colored candle. It is the candle of joy. It is pink to remind us of our Easter joy and the incredible happiness and delight we have at the Resurrection of Christ. The fullness of incarnation is seen when we realize that even death has been conquered by the goodness and grace of the God of Life.
2nd Sunday of Advent
With the Second Sunday of Advent comes that voice crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord.” Mark opens his Gospel with the echo of the Prophet Isaiah’s words as John the baptizer appears “in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (Mark1:4) John’s proclamation: “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals.
First Sunday of Advent
First Reading: Isaiah 64:1-9
Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
Second Reading: I Corinthians 1:3-9
Gospel: Mark 13:24-37