Advent Meditations
66 meditations
Year A
First Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44
Second Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19, Romans 15L4-13, Matthew 3:1-12
Third Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:4-9, James 5:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 7:10-16, Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18, Romans 1:1-7, Matthew 1:18-25
Year B
First Sunday of Advent
“O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah’s words in our lesson from the Hebrew scriptures remind me of the following hymn:
Second Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, II Peter 3:8-15a, Mark 1:1-8
Third Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, Canticle 15 (the Magnificat), I Thessalonians 5:16-24, John 1:6-8, 19-28
Fourth Sunday of Advent
II Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26, Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38
Year C
First Sunday of Advent
Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-9, I Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36
Second Sunday of Advent
Baruch 5:1-9, Canticle 16 (Lk.1:68-79), Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6
Third Sunday of Advent
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Canticle 9 (Is.12;2-6), Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Micah 5:2-5a, Canticle 15 (Luke 1:46-55), Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45, (46-55)