Advent Season is a very special time of year that sometimes gets lost in the bright lights of the Christmas season it precedes. The first day of Advent is the first day of a new Liturgical (or church) calendar and begins a four week period of preparation for the nativity of Jesus Christ at Christmas.
The Advent season invites us to step away from what can be a frenzied time of parties, shopping, and holiday noise to consider how we commemorate the birth of Jesus, one of the holiest times in Christian faith. It is also a time to reflect on the triumphant return of Jesus at the second coming.
I invite you to join us in reading Scripture as we prepare our hearts and minds during this Advent season:
December
December
1st - Isaiah 2:2-5
2nd - Isaiah 9:1-7
3rd - Isaiah 11:1-9
4th - Isaiah 11:10-16
5th - Isaiah 39:5 - 40:11
6th - Isaiah 52: 1-12
7th - Isaiah 61:1-4
8th - Galatians 4:4-6
9th - 1 Thess 4:13-18
10th - 1 Thess 5:1-11
11th - 1 Cor 15:20-28
12th - Colossians 1:15-20
13th - 2 Peter 3:3-13
14th - Mark 14:60-65
15th - Jeremiah 33:14-17
16th - Micah 5:2-5
17th - Ezekiel 34:11-31
18th - Zechariah 8:1-8
19th - Zephaniah 3:14-17
20th - Isaiah 7:10-17
21st - Matthew 1:11-17
22nd - Luke 1:26-38
23rd - Luke 1:39-56
24th - Matthew 1:18-25
Reading for Sundays in Advent
First - Romans 13:11-14
Second - Romans 15:4-13
Third - Matthew 11:2-10
Fourth - Psalm 24
