A.D. 2024 December 8
The Second Sunday of Advent
Rafael López del Campo, John the Baptist, 1970, across from the Capitol of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photograph: Malcolm Garret, 2020 July 15.
Collects
Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Lessons
Revised Common Lectionary — Year C
- Baruch 5 or Malachi 3:1–4
- Canticle 16
- Philippians 1:3–11
- Luke 3:1–6
Daily Office Lectionary — Year One
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
- Psalm 114; 115
- Amos 6 (optional)
- Luke 7:28–35
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.
Liturgical Colors
Purple