FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
November 28, 2021
AS WE GATHER
While the secular calendar won’t switch to 2022 for another month, the Church Year begins anew today. Advent is a season of waiting and preparation. One Advent tradition is to mark the four Sundays in Advent with four words that encompass what Jesus brings as He comes into the world to be our Immanuel—God with us. These four words are hope, peace, joy, and love. Today we focus on hope. There is a lot of suffering in the world, but hope exists in Christ’s incarnation, death, resurrection, and return.
BIBLE READINGS:
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Jeremiah 33:14–16
(A righteous Branch will spring up for David.)
EPISTLE READING : 1 Thessalonians 3:9–13
(“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love.”)
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 19:28–40 (Jesus’ triumphal entry)