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November 14, 2022

1st Sunday of Advent, Year A (Nov 27, 2022)


“It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.” The joyful season of Advent begins!

 

Listen to the Podcast:

 

1st Sunday of Advent Entrance Antiphon To You, I Lift Up My Soul, O My God (Steve Angrisano, Sarah Hart and Curtis Stephan)

Let Us All Rejoice #6

Entrance Chant Come and Set Us Free (Trevor Thomson)

Choose Christ Missal 2023 #96; Spirit & Song #134

Responsorial Psalm Let Us Go Rejoicing to the House of the Lord (Sarah Hart)

Spirit & Psalm 2023: p. 8

Gospel Acclamation Alleluia: Mass of St. Mary Magdalene (Sarah Hart)

Spirit & Psalm 2023: p. 10

Presentation and Preparation of the Gifts Creator of the Stars (Traditional; arr. by Josh Blakesley)

Choose Christ Missal 2023 #91

1st Sunday of Advent Communion Antiphon The Lord Will Bestow His Bounty (Steve Angrisano, Sarah Hart and Curtis Stephan)

Let Us All Rejoice #7

Communion Chant Find Us Ready (Tom Booth)

Choose Christ Missal 2023 #87; Spirit & Song #209; Never Too Young #150

Sending Forth Christ the Lord (Robert Feduccia and Sarah Hart)

Choose Christ Missal 2023 #380; Spirit & Song #194; Breaking Bread 2023 #585
 

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