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  2. Rorate caeli - Wikipedia

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    Throughout Advent it occurs daily as the versicle and response after the hymn at Vespers. [1] The text is used in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite: [1] as the Introit for the Fourth Sunday in Advent, for Wednesday in Ember Week, for the feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and for votive Masses of the Blessed Virgin ...

  3. Advent - Wikipedia

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    Third Sunday in Advent: On the Third Sunday ("Gaudete Sunday"), the Gospel reading is again about John the Baptist, the other readings about the joy associated with the coming of the Saviour. Fourth Sunday in Advent: On the Fourth Sunday, the Gospel reading is about the events involving Mary and Joseph that led directly to the birth of Jesus ...

  4. Advent Sunday - Wikipedia

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    Advent Sunday, also called the First Sunday of Advent or First Advent Sunday, is the first day of the liturgical year in the Western Christian Churches and the start of the Christian season of Advent; [1] a time of preparation for the celebration of Christ's birth at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. Advent Sunday is the ...

  5. Church cantata (Bach) - Wikipedia

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    Relevant readings and hymns are linked to the church cantata article for each occasion. Roman numerals refer to the position of the given Sunday with respect to a feast day or season. For example, "Advent III" is the third Sunday in Advent and "Trinity V" is the fifth Sunday after Trinity.

  6. What Is the Meaning Behind Advent Wreaths and Candles ... - AOL

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    Advent began on Sunday, December 1, and is celebrated each Sunday leading up to Christmas (ending on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024). ... The first Advent took place in either the 4th or 5th ...

  7. Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 - Wikipedia

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    Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn was his first cantata for the fourth Sunday in Advent. The libretto by the court poet Salomo Franck is related to the day's prescribed gospel reading, the testimony of John the Baptist. Franck derives from it thoughts about baptism as a preparation of the individual Christian who is addressed as a limb of ...

  8. Long Ago, Prophets Knew - Wikipedia

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    Though the carol was written for Advent, it has also been used as a Christmas carol. [5] [6] Baptists use the carol in connection with Bible readings from 2 Samuel:7 and Romans 16:17-25. [7] Methodists use the carol on the Fourth Sunday in Advent. [8]

  9. Liturgical year - Wikipedia

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    The season of Eliyah has a length of one to three Sundays. Season of Sliba starts on Sunday on or after the feast of the glorious cross and has a length of three to four weeks. The first Sunday of Sliba is always considered as the fourth Sunday of the combined season. The season of Moses always has four weeks. Feast celebrated during the seasons: