Sundays of Advent

Year A

1st Sunday of Advent A

Isa 2:1-5	He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.
Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7, 8-9
Rom 13:11-14
Ps 85:8
Matt 24:37-44

2nd Sunday of Advent A

[ Isa 11:1-10]
[ Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17]
[ Rom 15:4-9]
[ Luke 3:4+6]
[ Matt 3:1-12]

3rd Sunday of Advent A

[ Isa 35:1-6a, 10]
[ Ps 146:6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10]
[ Jas 5:7-10]
[ Isa 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)]
[ Matt 11:2-11]

4th Sunday of Advent A

[ Isa 7:10-14]
[ Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6]
[ Rom 1:1-7]
[ Matt 1:23]
[ Matt 1:18-24]

Year B

1st Sunday of Advent B

Isa 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7	Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not? [...] Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful; all of us have become like unclean people, all our good deeds are like polluted rags; we have all withered like leaves, and our guilt carries us away like the wind. [...] Yet, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of your hands.
Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19	R. Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved. Give us new life, and we will call upon your name.
1 Cor 1:3-9	Brothers and sisters: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [...] You are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ps 85:8	Show us Lord, your love, and grant us your salvation.
[ Mark 13:33-37]	“Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come." [...] Watch, therefore; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning.

2nd Sunday of Advent B

Isa 40:1-5, 9-11	Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.
Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14	Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation. I will hear what God proclaims; the LORD—for he proclaims peace to his people. Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him, glory dwelling in our land. Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven.
2 Pet 3:8-14	The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.
Luke 3:4+6	Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: All flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Mark 1:1-8	“One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

3rd Sunday of Advent B

Isa 61:1-2a, 10-11	The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our God. I rejoice heartily in the LORD, in my God is the joy of my soul; for he has clothed me with a robe of salvation and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels.
Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54	My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.
1 Thess 5:16-24	May the God of peace make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will also accomplish it.
Isa 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)
John 1:6-8, 19-28	“I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

4th Sunday of Advent B

2 Sam 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 (diff)	"Go, tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in?' [...] "The LORD also reveals to you that he will establish a house for you. And when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever."
Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29	R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: Forever will I confirm your posterity and establish your throne for all generations."
Rom 16:25-27	Brothers and sisters: To him who can strengthen you, according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret for long ages but now manifested through the prophetic writings and, according to the command of the eternal God, made known to all nations to bring about the obedience of faith, to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Luke 1:38	Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.
Luke 1:26-38	"Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you." [...] "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." [...] Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word."

Year C

1st Sunday of Advent C

Lectionary

Jer 33:14-16	The days are coming, says the LORD,     when I will fulfill the promise     I made to the house of Israel and Judah.
Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10+14	Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;    teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me,    for you are God my savior,    and for you I wait all the day.
1 Thess 3:12–4:2	May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen.
Ps 85:8	Show us, Lord, your love; and grant us your salvation.
[Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36]	Jesus said to his disciples: “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand. “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.”

2nd Sunday of Advent C

Lectionary

Bar 5:1-9	God is leading Israel in joy     by the light of his glory,     with his mercy and justice for company.
Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6	R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, O LORD,    like the torrents in the southern desert. Those who sow in tears    shall reap rejoicing. R. The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Although they go forth weeping,    carrying the seed to be sown, They shall come back rejoicing,    carrying their sheaves.
Phil 1:4-6, 8-11	I pray always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.
Luke 3:4+6	Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Luke 3:1-6	John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

3rd Sunday of Advent C

[ Zeph 3:14-18a]
[ Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6]
[ Phil 4:4-7]
[ Isa 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)]
[ Luke 3:10-18]

4th Sunday of Advent C

[ Mic 5:1-4a]
[ Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19]
[ Heb 10:5-10]
[ Luke 1:38]
[ Luke 1:39-45]