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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

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. 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]

6. Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? BWV 81 - Wikipedia

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   A fourth Sunday after Epiphany is rare and occurs only in years with a late date of Easter. [2] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from the Epistle to the Romans , love completes the law ( Romans 13:8–10 ), and from the Gospel of Matthew , Jesus calming the storm (after sleeping in the boat) ( Matthew 8:23–27 ).

7. 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 ...

8. Advent wreath - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Symbol of Advent period For the use of a single candle marked with the days of Advent, see Advent candle. Advent wreath with a Christ candle in the center The Advent wreath, or Advent crown, is a Christian tradition that symbolizes the passage of the four weeks of Advent in the ...

9. Liturgical year - Wikipedia

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   The Sundays resume their numbering at the point that will make the Sunday before Advent the thirty-fourth, omitting any weeks for which there is no room (present-day form of the Roman Rite) or are numbered as "Sundays after Pentecost" (pre-1970 Roman Rite, Eastern Orthodoxy and some Protestants) or as "Sundays after Trinity" (some Protestants ...