Tag: Second Sunday of Advent

  • December 4, 2011, Second Sunday of Advent, Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Mark    1: 1-8  1:1 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2 As it has been written by the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. 1:3 The voice of one crying out in the…

  • December 4, 2011, Second Sunday of Advent, Second Reading

    The Second Letter of Saint Peter   3: 18-14 3:8 Yet truly, let this one thing not escape notice, most beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. 3:9 The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for…

  • December 4, 2011, Second Sunday of Advent, First Reading

    The Book of the Prophet Isaiah   40:1-5, 9-11 40:1 “Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God. 40:2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of…