This Sunday is a day of rejoicing for the Lord is near. The vestments of the clergy may still be Advent purple but commonly are rose or pink this day. The colour is brightened by joy. The Latin for the first word of the Entrance Antiphon ‘Gaudete/Rejoice’ gives us a common name for the Sunday: […]
The Introduction to the Lectionary (in yellow box below) provides a useful guide to the readings of Advent. A brief summary of the readings and Presidential Prayers set for the 2nd Sunday follows below. 1. Advent a) Sundays 93. Each gospel reading has a distinctive theme: the Lord’s coming at the end of time (First […]
The Introduction to the Lectionary provides the following useful guide to the readings of Advent 1. Advent a) Sundays 93. Each gospel reading has a distinctive theme: the Lord’s coming at the end of time (First Sunday of Advent), John the Baptist (Second and Third Sunday), and the events that prepared immediately for the Lord’s […]
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