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2025

The Third Sunday of Advent

The Candle of Joy


Loving God, we thank you for the joy you bring us. Give us feet to walk the righteous path and heal us of all afflictions of body, mind, and spirit, that we may rejoice with the Son of Man when he comes in great glory. We ask this in the name of the one born in Bethlehem, Jesus our Lord. Amen.

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The Collect for the Third Sunday of Advent

Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

Mary is the model of the faith to which God calls all of us: a total and unreserved yes to God’s request to be present in and to the world through us.

Richard Rohr

The Center for Action and Contemplation

Daily meditations

What is the AdventWord of the Day?

2025 Christmas Service Schedule

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Join us scripture and song at 

4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 21

Christmas Eve Eucharist

We will celebrate the birth of our Lord at

5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24 

Christmas Day Eucharist

Celebrate the First Noel with us at

10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 25

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