The Seasons: Advent

The First Sunday of Advent

Year AYear BYear C

Principal Service

Isaiah 2.1-5
Psalm 122
Romans 13.11-14
Matthew 24.36-44
Isaiah 64.1-9
Psalm 80.1-7,17-19*
1 Corinthians 1.3-9
Mark 13.24-37
Jeremiah 33.14-16
Psalm 25.1-10
1 Thessalonians 3.9-13
Luke 21.25-36

Second Service

Psalm 9*
Isaiah 52.1-12
Matthew 24.15-28
Psalm 25*
Isaiah 1.1-20
Matthew 21.1-13
Psalm 9*
Joel 3.9-21
Revelation 14.13 -- 15.4
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
John 3.1-17

Third Service

Psalm 44
Micah 4.1-7
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Psalm 44
Isaiah 2.1-5
Luke 12.35-48
Psalm 44
Isaiah 51.4-11
Romans 13.11-14

The Second Sunday of Advent

Year AYear BYear C

Principal Service

Isaiah 11.1-10
Psalm 72.1-7,18-19*
Romans 15.4-13
Matthew 3.1-12
Isaiah 40.1-11
Psalm 85.1-2,8-13*
2 Peter 3.8-15a
Mark 1.1-8
Baruch 5.1-9 or Malachi 3.1-4
Canticle: Benedictus
Philippians 1.3-11
Luke 3.1-6

Second Service

Psalms 11 [28]
1 Kings 18.17-39
John 1.19-28
Psalm 40*
1 Kings 22.1-28
Romans 15.4-13
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Matthew 11.2-11
Psalms 75 [76]
Isaiah 40.1-11
Luke 1.1-25

Third Service

Psalm 80
Amos 7
Luke 1.5-20
Psalm 80
Baruch 5.1-9 or Zephaniah 3.14-20
Luke 1.5-20
Psalm 80
Isaiah 64.1-7
Matthew 11.2-11

The Third Sunday of Advent

Year AYear BYear C

Principal Service

Isaiah 35.1-10
Psalm 146.5-10 or Canticle: Magnificat
James 5.7-10
Matthew 11.2-11
Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11
Psalm 126 or Canticle: Magnificat
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-8,19-28
Zephaniah 3.14-20
Canticle: Isaiah 12.2-6*
Philippians 4.4-7
Luke 3.7-18

Second Service

Psalms 12 [14]
Isaiah 5.8-30
Acts 13.13-41
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
John 5.31-40
Psalm 68.1-20*
Malachi 3.1-4; 4
Philippians 4.4-7
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Matthew 14.1-12
Psalms 50.1-6 [62]
Isaiah 35
Luke 1.57-66[67-80]

Third Service

Psalm 68.1-20
Zephaniah 3.14-20
Philippians 4.4-7
Psalms 50.1-6, 62
Isaiah 12
Luke 1.57-66
Psalms 12, 14
Isaiah 25.1-9
1 Corinthians 4.1-5

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

Year AYear BYear C

Principal Service

Isaiah 7.10-16
Psalm 80.1-7,17-19*
Romans 1.1-7
Matthew 1.18-25
2 Samuel 7.1-11,16
Canticle: Magnificat or Psalm 89.1-4,19-26*
Romans 16.25-27
Luke 1.26-38
Micah 5.2-5a
Canticle: Magnificat or Psalm 80.1-7
Hebrews 10.5-10
Luke 1.39-45[46-55]

Second Service

Psalms 113 [126]
1 Samuel 1.1-20
Revelation 22.6-21
If the Second Service is a Eucharist, the following is read as a Gospel:
Luke 1.39-45
Psalms 113 [131]
Zechariah 2.10-13
Luke 1.39-55
Psalms 123 [131]
Isaiah 10.33 -- 11.10
Matthew 1.18-25

Third Service

Psalm 144
Micah 5.2-5a
Luke 1.26-38
Psalm 144
Isaiah 7.10-16
Romans 1.1-7
Psalm 144
Isaiah 32.1-8
Revelation 22.6-21