2024年12月16日 · The third Sunday in Advent (Advent III) focuses our hearts on rejoicing at the arrival of God’s kingdom with the coming of Jesus.

2024年12月8日 · Advent III [C] (Dec 15) Eight-minute homily in one page (L-24) The central theme of today’s readings is the command "Rejoice!" We are to do so mainly by realizing the presence of Jesus in our midst, by receiving Jesus into our lives through our repentance, by our renewal of life, and by our faithful doing…

2012年12月18日 · More than any other week during the Advent season, Advent III represents a shift in attitude. One moves from hope, repentance, and fear of the coming Judge to rejoicing at the coming of salvation and the kingdom of God as Jesus makes all things new.

3:14 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 3:15 The LORD has taken away the judgments against you; he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the LORD, is …

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me.

2017年12月18日 · John’s mission is one of preparation for the coming of the active meaning and presence of Jesus Christ, and so his life is a perfect paradigm and pattern for our Advent preparation. That life might be summarized in his own words: He must increase, and I must decrease. (St. John iii.

2022年12月9日 · The message of Advent is that God is present among us, in our everyday lives. We must prepare our hearts to recognize and welcome him by allowing a metánoia (a change of thinking about God, ourselves, and the world) wrought by the Holy Spirit, to take place in us during Advent. ADVENT III [A] (Dec 11): Is 35:1-6a, 10; Jas 5:7-10; Mt 11:2-11

Jesus Now, Advent 3C. Lectionary, study and worship resources from Faith Futures Jesus Then & Now. Rumors, for December 13, 2009, Ralph Milton, "Sermon helps for preachers with a sense of humor."

Advent 3A, Lesson Plans that Work, Episcopal Digital Network, 2013. Gathering , from the United Church of Canada. Includes sermon seeds, liturgical ideas, "with children," hymn suggestions, choral suggestions etc, 2013. .rtf file at this link.

2024年12月10日 · It is in the Sarum Missal as the collect for Advent 3, and remained in the Roman Rite in that position through to the 1962 Missal, only losing that placing following the reforms of Vatican II. This collect is: et mentis nostrae tenebras, gratia tuae visitationis illustra… This is a collect shared by Anglicans, Roman Catholics, and others.