A.D. 2012 December 2

The First Sunday of Advent (Advent Sunday)

Collects

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lessons

Revised Common Lectionary — Year C

Jeremiah 33:14–16
Psalm 25:1–9
I Thessalonians 3:9–13
Luke 21:25–36

Daily Office Lectionary — Year One

Morning Prayer

Psalm 146; 147
Isaiah 1:1–9
II Peter 3:1–10

Evening Prayer

Psalm 111; 112; 113
Amos 1:1–5, 13–15; 2:1–8 (optional)
Matthew 25:1–13

1979 Lectionary — Year C

Zechariah 14:4–9
Psalm 50 or 50:1–6
I Thessalonians 3:9–13
Luke 21:25–31

Prefaces

Because you sent your beloved Son to redeem us from sin and death, and to make us heirs in him of everlasting life; that when he shall come again in power and great triumph to judge the world, we may without shame or fear rejoice to behold his appearing.