This week the "Candle of Preparation" will be lighted. This candle reminds us to get ready to receive God.
This Sunday's Gospel
1 | The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. |
2 | As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; |
3 | the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight -- " |
4 | John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. |
5 | And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. |
6 | Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey. |
7 | And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. |
8 | I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." |
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