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Sunday, November 4, 2012
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
  
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
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3rd Sunday in Advent
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
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====Opening Prayer====
  
====Opening Video====
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====First Scripture Reading====
''I will talk to my brothers''
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''Psalm 25''
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nScAZwY3nUg Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NKgjE-Zw0 Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
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*[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+25 Click here to read the passage at BibleGateway.com]
 
 
====Opening Sentences====
 
 
 
Leader: As Ruth loved Naomi and thus chose to follow her God, may we love those who inspire us
 
 
 
to follow YOU, true God.  
 
 
 
'''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.'''
 
 
 
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.  
 
 
 
'''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.'''
 
 
 
All:  We follow You, the God of Naomi and Ruth!
 
 
 
 
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Old Testament Scripture Reflection====
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====Lighting of the Advent Candles====
''Psalm 146''
 
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA9twB7UsYU Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
 
====New Testament Scripture Reflection====
 
"Hebrews 9:11-14
 
  
But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the
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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.
  
greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), he entered once
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Reader 2: The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
  
for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood,
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Reader 3: The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
  
thus obtaining eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of
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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.
  
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
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====Gospel Reading====
 
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''Luke 3:1-20''
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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====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
====Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession====
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
Please stand when offering a prayer, so others will know you have the floor.
 
  
 
====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===
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD9KLA4qz3A Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  

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