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Sunday, September 1, 2013
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Responsive Scripture Reading====
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====Opening Prayer====
''Jeremiah 1:4, 8 and Psalm 71:1-6''
 
  
Leader: The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
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====First Scripture Reading====
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.
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''Psalm 25''
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you.
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
  
'''People:''' In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
 
Leader: In your righteousness, deliver me and rescue me. Incline your ear to me and save me.
 
 
 
'''People:''' Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
 
  
Leader: Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
'''People:''' For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, my refuge even from my youth.
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Reader 1: Today we light three candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
Leader: Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who delivered me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you.
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
'''People:''' In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
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Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, and JOY, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
'''People:''' Thanks be to God.
 
  
=We Hear God's Word=
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====Gospel Reading====
 
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''Luke 3:1-20''
 
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====First Scripture Reading====
 
''Psalm 150''
 
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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====The Lord's Prayer====
 
====The Lord's Prayer====
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  
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Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.  Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.
 
 
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.   
 
 
 
Give us this day our daily bread,  
 
 
 
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.   
 
 
 
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,  
 
 
 
for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.   
 
 
 
Amen.
 
  
 
===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
Dear God,
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Please bless our mothers and our fathers,
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=We Go in Peace=
 
 
Our teachers and healers,
 
 
 
Our friends and lovers,
 
 
 
Our children and theirs.
 
 
 
Please bless our countries and every country,
 
 
 
And forgive us our violence and pain.
 
  
We surrender the world to you.
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====Passing of the Peace====
  
Amen
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====Fellowship & Conversation====

Latest revision as of 17:23, 14 December 2025

Sunday, December 14, 2025

3rd Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

First Scripture Reading

Psalm 25

We Hear God's Word

Lighting of the Advent Candles

Reader 1: Today we light three candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.

Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.

Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.

Reader 4: Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, and JOY, bring brightness to your spirits.


Gospel Reading

Luke 3:1-20

We Respond in Prayer

Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession

Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Closing Prayer

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation