St. Anthony of Padua School

Morning Prayer – Advent 2

O come, divine Messiah!

The world in silence waits the day

When hope shall sing its triumph,

And sadness flee away.

Refrain:

Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.

Dispel the night and show your face,

And bid us hail the dawn of grace.

O come, Divine Messiah!

The world in silence waits the day

When hope shall sing its triumph,

And sadness flee away.

 

Leader: O God, come to my assistance.

All: O Lord, make haste to help me.

Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

All: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with out end, Amen.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low,
and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

All:  See, I have opened a door before you, which no-one can close.

Leader: This is the message of the One who is holy and true, the one who holds the key of David.

All:  See, I have opened a door before you, which no-one can close.

Leader: You have followed my teaching and been faithful to me.

All:  See, I have opened a door before you, which no-one can close.

Let us praise the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

 

 

GOSPEL READING for December 10, 2023

Mark 1:1-8

1 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

2 It is written in the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you.

3 A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 John the Baptist was in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5 All Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.

6 John wore a garment of camel-skin, and he lived on locusts and wild honey.

7 In the course of his preaching he said, ‘After me is coming someone who is more powerful than me, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals.

8 I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.’