‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’
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Liturgical Colour: Violet
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Entrance Antiphon: Phil 4: 4-5​
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice.
Indeed, the Lord is near.
Opening Prayer
​O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity,
enable us, we pray,
to attain the joys of so great a salvation
and to celebrate them always
with solemn worship and glad rejoicing.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
(Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11)
Theme:The Patient with Weak Hands and Anxious Heart Will Rejoice
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On Gaudete Sunday, we are asked to faithfully and patiently await the Lord’s powerful return. Amid today’s uncertainties, St. James reminds us in the second reading to be patient for the Lord’s coming, just as farmers wait for the valuable fruits of the earth until they receive both the early and late rains. Still, we must ask: are patient people truly rewarded in today’s world?