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30 November 2014
First Sunday in Advent
30 November AD 2014
Today begins the solemn season of Advent, a preparatory period as Christians ready themselves for both the celebration of Christ's coming at Bethlehem and His Second Coming on Judgment Day.
Purple has traditionally been the primary color of Advent, symbolizing repentance and fasting. Purple is also the color of royalty, demonstrating the anticipation and reception of the coming King celebrated during Advent. Today, however, many churches have begun to use blue instead of purple, as a means of distinguishing Advent from Lent.
Rose (pink) often replaces purple on the Third Sunday in Advent. It represents dawn and hopeful anticipation or joy and begins a shift away from repentance toward celebration.
For more on this part of the Church Year, the so-called "three-fold coming of Christ," and Advent as a tonic for improper celebration of Christmas, please see Happy New Year! at Ask the Pastor.
Series B Lectionary
Psalm 80:1-7
Isaiah 64:1-9
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Mark 11:1-10 or Mark 13:24-37
One Year Lectionary
Psalm 24
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Romans 13:(8-10) 11-14
Matthew 21:1-9
Collect
Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. ¶ 00:01 |
Out with the Old Year, in with the New
Today begins the solemn season of Advent, a preparatory period as Christians ready themselves for both the celebration of Christ's coming at Bethlehem and His Second Coming on Judgment Day.Purple has traditionally been the primary color of Advent, symbolizing repentance and fasting. Purple is also the color of royalty, demonstrating the anticipation and reception of the coming King celebrated during Advent. Today, however, many churches have begun to use blue instead of purple, as a means of distinguishing Advent from Lent.
Rose (pink) often replaces purple on the Third Sunday in Advent. It represents dawn and hopeful anticipation or joy and begins a shift away from repentance toward celebration.
For more on this part of the Church Year, the so-called "three-fold coming of Christ," and Advent as a tonic for improper celebration of Christmas, please see Happy New Year! at Ask the Pastor.
Series B Lectionary
Psalm 80:1-7
Isaiah 64:1-9
1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Mark 11:1-10 or Mark 13:24-37
One Year Lectionary
Psalm 24
Jeremiah 23:5-8
Romans 13:(8-10) 11-14
Matthew 21:1-9
Collect
Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. ¶ 00:01 |
