First Sunday of Advent
Watchword for the Week — Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in clouds” with great power and glory. Mark 13:26
Sunday, December 3 — Isaiah 64:1–9; Psalm 80:1–7,17–19
1 Corinthians 1:3–9; Mark 13:24–37
Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Isaiah 42:10
Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy: “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. Luke 1:67–68
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time that your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us, so that, when he comes again, we may rise to the life immortal with him. Amen.