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Sunday, November 2, 2014
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
  
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fourth Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Opening Song====
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"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"
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====Opening Video====
 
''I will talk to my brothers''
 
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
  
====Opening Sentences====
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4th Advent Sunday
  
Leader: As Ruth loved Naomi and thus chose to follow her God, may we love those who inspire us to follow YOU, true God.  
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Reader 1: Today we light four candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
  
'''People: As Naomi trusted You and inpired Ruth's love with her own, may we show we are Your disciples by our love for those who depend upon us, and point them toward You.'''
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
Leader: As You led Ruth and Naomi through the story that they did not yet know, lead us now in Your story, although we do not know our days.  
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
'''People:   As Naomi's knowledge of your Law was used by You to provide for them, may we know Your Word and may You lead us to safety as we follow Your Word.'''
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Reader 4: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
  
All:   We follow You, the God of Naomi and Ruth!
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All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.
  
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[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]
  
====Opening Prayer====
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====First Scripture Reading====
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''Romans 1:1–7''
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=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Old Testament Scripture Reflection====
 
''Psalm 146''
 
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====New Testament Scripture Reflection====
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====Gospel Reading====
"Hebrews 9:11-14
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''Matthew 1:18-25''
 
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But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!"
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''Oh the blood of Jesus''
 
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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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.
 
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.
  
===Doxology===
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===Closing Prayer===
 
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"Advent Doxology"
''Doxology''
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=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  

Latest revision as of 17:23, 21 December 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Fourth Sunday in Advent

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Song

"Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel"


Lighting of the Advent Candles

4th Advent Sunday

Reader 1: Today we light four 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: The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.

All Readers: Come, all is ready. Let the light of these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.

[The first , second (purple), third (pink), and fourth (purple) Advent Candles are lighted]


First Scripture Reading

Romans 1:1–7

We Hear God's Word

Gospel Reading

Matthew 1:18-25

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

"Advent Doxology"

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace

Fellowship & Conversation