The third Sunday, however, "marks a shift in the Advent season," he said. On an Advent wreath, the pink candle is lit on the third Sunday, and it is one of the two times of the year clergy have ...

This Third Sunday of Advent invites us to join John in asking ourselves what we expect of God and, in turn, what God offers and hopes for from us. Are we, with John, waiting for God's intervention?

Joy defines Advent. On Gaudete Sunday, this third week of the Advent season, it is time to rejoice and be glad as we anticipate the hope and wonder of the Christ Child’s arrival.

Third Sunday of Advent. December 12, 2021. Zephaniah 3:14-18a Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:10-18. For those who don't know the details, in 1531, St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatotzin, an ...

The third Sunday of Advent is known as “Gaudete Sunday.” In the readings, we hear about miracles associated with the Messianic age, its coming, and what we need to do to prepare.

The Gospels on the Second and Third Sundays of Advent traditionally are devoted to St. John the Baptist. But Matthew’s treatment of John’s ministry at the beginning of Jesus’ public life is ...

IF THE First Sunday of Advent was about walking in the Lord's paths, and the Second Sunday was about running the race set before us, then the Third Sunday comes as something of a jolt. The readings ...

During the season of Advent we await the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth and His coming again at the end of time. Our culture, in fact, seems to erase Advent, which is a penitential season ...

Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021 You are invited to rise, in body or spirit, for those parts of the service marked with an asterisk (*) Invitatory: Partita on “Freu dich sehr, o meine ...

Third Sunday of Advent: Year B. Barbara Green December 10, 2008. All the readings anticipate something present but not tangibly so--even something powerfully active though not sensed in the ...

The third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday, from the first word (in Latin) of the Entrance Antiphon of the Eucharistic Liturgy: “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, rejoice! Indeed, the Lord is ...

3rd Sunday before Advent Remembrance Sunday Job 19.23-27a; 2 Thessalonians 2.1-5, 13-end; Luke 20.27-38 ...