The Third Sunday of Advent

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Purple

Principal Service
Isaiah 35.1-10
Psalm 146.4-10 or
Canticle: Magnificat
James 5.7-10
Matthew 11.2-11

Third Service
Psalm 68.1-19
Zephaniah 3.14-20
Philippians 4.4-7

Second Service
Psalms 12 [14]
Isaiah 5.8-30
Acts 13.13-41
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 5.31-40

BCP Collect

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end.