November 28, 2021

First Sunday of Advent

The Book of Jeremiah     33: 14-16

33:14	Behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the good word that I have spoken to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
33:15	In those days and at that time, I will cause the seedling of justice to spring up from David, and he will accomplish judgment and justice upon the earth.
33:16	In those days, Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’

Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians    3: 12- 4:2

3:12	And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in your charity toward one another and toward all, just as we also do toward you,
3:13	in order to confirm your hearts without blame, in sanctity, before God our Father, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.

4:1	Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.
4:2	For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

The Holy Gospel According to Luke     21: 25-28, 34-36

21:21	Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and those who are in its midst withdraw, and those who are in the countryside not enter into it.
21:22	For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.
21:23	Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.
21:24	And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be led away as captives into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
21:25	And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves:
21:26	men withering away out of fear and out of apprehension over the things that will overwhelm the whole world. For the powers of the heavens will be moved.
21:27	And then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.
21:28	But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near.”
21:34	But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.
21:35	For like a snare it will overwhelm all those who sit upon the face of the entire earth.
21:36	And so, be vigilant, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man.”