2nd of Advent
Readings:
Baruch 5: 1-9; Benedictus; Philippians 1: 3-11; Luke 3: 1-6
Father in heaven, who sent your Son to redeem the world and will send him again to be our judge: Give us grace so to imitate him in the humility and purity of his first coming that when he comes again, we may be ready to greet him with joyful love and firm faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord.