From USCCB:
December 19, 2010
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Read
Read the Fifth Lesson from our Advent Lessons & Carols and listen to the podcast (link to podcast).
Fifth Lesson
Reading: Luke 1:26-38 Listen to the Podcast
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said,“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
Thus ends the fifth lesson.
Song: Ave Maria
Prayer:
Lord,
you asked Joseph and Mary to trust in you.
May we come to share in their trust
and always rely on you.
Amen.
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Pray
During this last week of Advent, begin your daily prayers with the O Antiphon for the day:
O Root of Jesse’s stem,
sign of God’s love for all his people:
come to save us without delay!
Reflect
Read about the virtue of hope in Paragraph 1819 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and reflect on its particular relevance to the season of Advent.
1819
Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.86 "Hoping against hope, he believed, and thus became the father of many nations."87
Act
◦Light the fourth and final candle on your advent wreath.
◦Pray for those in your community who do not have enough to eat and collect non-perishable food items to donate to a local food bank.
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