At New Life Assembly of God, we commemorate the Last Supper on the First Sunday of the month. The first Sunday of this month was also the first Sunday of the Christmas Advent season and we integrated ...

Then move clockwise and light a second purple candle for the second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 8. On the third Sunday of Advent, Dec. 15, also known as Gaudete Sunday, the pink candle is lit.

The First Sunday of Advent is ecclesiastical New Year’s Day. ... Many Catholics, over time, allow the fire they had toward Jesus in Holy Communion to attenuate or be extinguished.

I made my first Communion when I was 8. I had waited long for it, was dressed up in a dress, veil and shoes, all of them white. I was ready for the big moment. Then, Msgr. Higgins gave the homily ...

It won’t matter, if we arrive with Advent hearts full of patience, hope, joy and communion. Tucson faith leaders, we would like to include your original sermon or scriptures of encouragement.

Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2021 (A Service of Holy Communion) You are invited to rise, in body or spirit, for those parts of the service marked with an asterisk (*) Invitatory: Three ...

IF WE take the first two readings for Advent 2 at face value, the Second Coming will not be welcoming or comforting, but terrifying. ... or the material of communion — bread and wine — as immaterial ...

2nd Sunday of Advent. by Cally Hammond. 28 November 2022. 4 December: Isaiah 11.1-10; Psalm 72.1-7,18-19 ... I wonder whether that uncompromising message was part of what drew the Pharisees in the ...