Holy Family Episcopal Church
Blue Water
Holy Family Episcopal Church
Blue Water
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Second Sunday of Advent
The Lessons Appointed for the Second
Sunday of Advent
The Collect
Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Readings
Praying the Gospel
Loving God, open our hearts to the one crying in the wilderness so that we might prepare our hearts for the one who comes in your name. Amen
Service Information
Service Schedule
12/08/24 Advent Lessons and Carols
Officiant Rev. Mary Shortt
12/15/2024 Antecommunion
Rite 2 @ 9 a.m.
Officiant:
12/22/2024 Holy Eucharist
Rite 2 at 9 a.m.
Officiant: Rev. Mary Shortt.
12/24/2024 Festival Eucharist Rite 2 at 8:30 p.m.
Officiant: Rev. Mary Shortt
12/29/2024 Antecommunion
Rite 2 at 9 a.m.
Officiant: Jacquie Ebelt
ADVENT
The first season of the church year, beginning with the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continuing through the day before Christmas. The name is derived from a Latin word for “coming.” The season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming celebration of our Lord's nativity, and for the final coming of Christ “in power and glory.”
The season of Advent in the Christian calendar anticipates the "coming of Christ" from three different perspectives: the physical nativity in Bethlehem, the reception of Christ in the heart of the believer, and the eschatological Second Coming
The Second Sunday in Advent
The second Sunday in Advent (Advent II) continues on the path started in the first week by looking forward to Christ’s first and second coming. Advent II focuses on John the Baptist, the Gentiles being included in God’s family, Christ’s coming in judgment and peace, and the church’s hopeful expectation of the completion of his promises.
The theme the second Sunday of Advent is peace. This year, the Second Sunday of Advent is on December 8, 2024.
Prayer for the Second Sunday in Advent:
God of Peace,
who sent your Son to redeem the world
and will send him again to be our judge:
give us grace so to imitate him
in the humility and purity of his first coming
that, when he comes again,
we may be ready to greet him
with joyful love and firm faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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