God our redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of your Son:
grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,
so we may be ready to greet him
when he comes again as our judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hebrews 10.5\u201310<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5<\/sup>Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, Luke 1.39\u201345[46\u201355]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 39<\/sup> In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, 40<\/sup>where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41<\/sup>When Elizabeth heard Mary\u2019s greeting, the child leapt in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit 42<\/sup>and exclaimed with a loud cry, \u2018Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43<\/sup>And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? 44<\/sup>For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leapt for joy. 45<\/sup>And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n [46<\/sup> And Mary said, All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2021-12-19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 19th December – Fourth Sunday of Advent Collect God our redeemer,who prepared the Blessed Virgin Maryto be the mother of your Son:grant that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,so we may be ready to greet himwhen he comes again as our judge;who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of … <\/p>\n
\u2018Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body you have prepared for me;
6<\/sup> in burnt-offerings and sin-offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7<\/sup> Then I said, \u201cSee, God, I have come to do your will, O God\u201d
(in the scroll of the book it is written of me).\u2019
8<\/sup>When he said above, \u2018You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sin-offerings\u2019 (these are offered according to the law), 9<\/sup>then he added, \u2018See, I have come to do your will.\u2019 He abolishes the first in order to establish the second. 10<\/sup>And it is by God\u2019s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gospel <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u2018My soul magnifies the Lord,
47<\/sup> and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
48<\/sup> for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49<\/sup> for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50<\/sup> His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51<\/sup> He has shown strength with his arm;
he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52<\/sup> He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
53<\/sup> he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
54<\/sup> He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
55<\/sup> according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.\u2019]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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