Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2016

Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2016

Old Testament: Isaiah 35: 1 – 10 read from the Lexham English Bible

The Gradual for today is Canticle 15 The Song of Mary, the Magnificat, read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Pray

The Epistle James 5: 7 – 10 read from The Message Bible

The Gospel: Matthew 11: 2 – 11 read from the Modern English Version Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 17th we remember Maria Stewart, Prophetic Witness

Episcopal Lectionary for Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 4, 2016

The Second Sunday of Advent, December 4, 2016

The Old Testament: Isaiah 11: 1 – 10 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 72: 1 – 7, 18 – 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle Romans 15: 4 – 13 read from the International Children’s Bible

The Gospel Matthew 3: 1 – 12 read from the King James Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 10th we remember Thomas Merton, monk, poet and spiritual writer.

The First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2016

Old Testament: Isaiah 2: 1 – 5 read from the New Revised Standard Anglicised Version Bible

Psalm: 122 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Romans 13: 11 – 14 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

The Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44 read from the God’s Word Bible

The Closing Prayer: On December 1st we remember Nicholas Ferrar, an English scholar, businessman and man of religion