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Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Sunday, September 14th, 2025
  
4th Sunday in Advent
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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
  
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
 
=We Gather in God's Name=
  
====Opening Event====
 
We will open by traveling to get the Holy figures and bring them to our sanctuary
 
 
[All gather outside the sanctuary doors and travel to The Holy Heretic]
 
 
[Retrieve the Holy family and return to 1PCSL]
 
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A): 
 
 
In the name of heaven I ask you for shelter.  This family is tired and can go no farther:
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader B): 
 
 
We are no inn-keepers; you cannot stay here! Scoundrels you may be, who would make a fray here!
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A): 
 
 
Can you refuse shelter to the Queen of Heaven? Have you no room, for just for one night even?
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader C): 
 
 
She's a queen and yet goes forth at night all alone? Here she's not wished for, hoped for or known.
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A): 
 
 
Here's Joseph the carpenter. Don't refuse him, your brother! His wife is Mary, she is God's own mother!
 
 
'''Member of the community receiving the Holy Family''' (Reader D): 
 
 
You bring Joseph and Mary there beside you? We knew you not. Enter! and may good betide you!
 
 
'''Person passing the Holy Family''' (Reader A):
 
 
[We bring the Holy Family into the sanctuary.]
 
 
[All enter the sanctuary, and the exchange is made]
 
 
'''All''' :  We welcome Mary, Joseph, and Child.
 
  
 
====Opening Prayer====
 
====Opening Prayer====
Let us pray:
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"Glorious Day"
 
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Eternal God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, You are always present in our homes; unseen and often not acknowledged.  May Christ and his family find rest among us tonight and may we take great joy in their presence. May we also know that He has prepared a place for us and will one day welcome us into his eternal kingdom.
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gklJ2XZwDHc&list=RDgklJ2XZwDHc Click here to view the video at YouTube.com]
 
 
Amen.
 
  
 
=We Hear God's Word=
 
=We Hear God's Word=
  
====Scripture Reflection====
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====Old Testament Scripture Reflection====
 
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''Psalm 81''
''Luke 1:46-55''
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====Advent Candle Lighting and Reflection====
 
4th Advent
 
Lighting the Advent Candle
 
 
 
Today we light four candles- the first Candle is called HOPE and it is a reminder that God's promises are true.
 
 
 
'The second Candle is called PEACE, God's gentle loving peace for our lives.
 
 
 
The third Candle is called JOY, because of God's absolute presence in our lives.
 
 
 
The fourth Candle is called LOVE, because of God's great love for us.
 
 
 
Come, all is ready. Let the light of this these candles, called HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE, bring brightness to your spirits.
 
  
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====New Testament Scripture Reflection====
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''John 11:45-57''
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=We Respond in Prayer=
 
=We Respond in Prayer=
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===Closing Prayer===
 
===Closing Prayer===
Dear God
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As we celebrate the birth of your son may our eyes be opened
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''Doxology (Cello & Piano)''
to see the world in the light of Jesus Christ.
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As you chose the lowly, the outcasts, and the poor
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to receive the greatest news the world had ever known,
 
so may we worship you with meekness in our hearts. 
 
May we also remember our brothers and sisters
 
less fortunate than ourselves in this season of giving.  
 
Amen
 
  
 
=We Go in Peace=
 
=We Go in Peace=
  
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Passing of the Peace====
 
====Fellowship & Conversation====
 

Latest revision as of 14:40, 14 September 2025

Sunday, September 14th, 2025

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We Gather in God's Name

Opening Prayer

"Glorious Day"

We Hear God's Word

Old Testament Scripture Reflection

Psalm 81

New Testament Scripture Reflection

John 11:45-57

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

Doxology (Cello & Piano)

We Go in Peace

Passing of the Peace