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The Fourth Sunday of Advent
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Opening Words:
Watch, for you know not when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning; lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
Mark 13:35, 36
Confession:
Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.
The Invitatory
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia.
Venite (Psalm 95:1-7)
Our King and Savior now draws near: Come, let us adore him.
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. *
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Our King and Savior now draws near: Come, let us adore him.
The Psalter
Psalm 24
Domini est terra
BCP p. 613
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, *
the world and all who dwell therein.
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For it is he who founded it upon the seas *
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.
3
“Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? *
and who can stand in his holy place?”
4
“Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.
5
They shall receive a blessing from the Lord *
and a just reward from the God of their salvation.”
6
Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
7
Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
8
“Who is this King of glory?” *
“The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.”
9
Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.
10
“Who is he, this King of glory?” *
“The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory.”
Psalm 29
Afferte Domino
BCP p. 620
Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *
ascribe to the Lord glory and st