Advent Is Coming?

Advent (from the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming") is considered to be the beginning of the Church Year for most churches in the Western tradition. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, which is the Sunday nearest November 30, and ends on Christmas Eve (Dec 24). If Christmas Eve is a Sunday, it is counted as the fourth Sunday of Advent, with Christmas Eve proper beginning at sundown.

The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.

Now let us make the sign of the cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.. AMEN

Prepare the way
Darrell Evans, Eric Nuzum
He has come
To bring light into the darkness
He has come
To bring freedom to the captives
He has come
To restore the broken-hearted
It's time to proclaim
The year of the Lord

Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Redeemer
Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Restorer
Make ready your heart.
Make hready your home
Make ready the people of God
Prepare the way

He has come
To bring hope to the hopless
He has come
To comfort all who mourn
He has come
To heal our every sickness
It's time to proclaim
The year of the Lord

Prepare
The way of the Lord
Prepare prepare
Preparing the way of the Lord

Prepare
Prepare
Prepare

Prepare the way for our Redeemer
Prepare the way
Prepare the way for our Restorer

Make ready your heart
Make ready your home
Make ready the people of God

Prepare the way
Prepare the way
Prepare the way

Father, in the wilderness of the Jordan
you sent a messenger to prepare people's hearts
for the coming of your Son.
Help me to hear his words and repent of my sins,
so that I may clearly see the way to walk,
the truth to speak, and the life to live for Him,
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
Reading:
Mt 11:2-11-In praise of the Baptizer(3rd Sunday of Advent)
When John the... [continues]

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