The Third Sunday of Advent

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Principal Service
Isaiah 35.1-10
Psalm 146.4-10 or
Canticle: Magnificat
James 5.7-10
Matthew 11.2-11

Third Service
Psalm 68.1-19
Zephaniah 3.14-20
Philippians 4.4-7

Second Service
Psalms 12 [14]
Isaiah 5.8-30
Acts 13.13-41
Gospel at Holy Communion:
John 5.31-40

Collect

O Lord Jesus Christ,
who at your first coming sent your messenger
to prepare your way before you:
grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make ready your way
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
that at your second coming to judge the world
we may be found an acceptable people in your sight;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

We give you thanks, O Lord, for these heavenly gifts;
kindle in us the fire of your Spirit
that when your Christ comes again
we may shine as lights before his face;
who is alive and reigns now and for ever.

Additional Collect

God for whom we watch and wait,
you sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of your Son:
give us courage to speak the truth,
to hunger for justice,
and to suffer for the cause of right,
with Jesus Christ our Lord.