THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT B Lectionary #8
Another Sunday featuring John the Baptist, this time from the perspective of the Fourth Gospel: "He was not the light, but came to testify to the light."
Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11. The call of the prophet is a call to bring glad tidings to the poor, the brokenhearted, captives, prisoners, and all those longing for release. Acts of justice are like the jewels of a bride or the rich garments of a bridegroom.
Psalm of the Day: Lk 1 (Magnificat)
This canticle is modeled on the songs of faithful women in the Hebrew Bible. Like earlier canticles sung by women, it proclaims God's presence as transforming the world through justice, peace, and the inversion of the "way things are."
Be Glad, My Soul, (Arnandez/Frischman), vss 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 PMB 181/WC 437
Canto de Maria (Sosa) GP 292
Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Haugen), vss 7, 8, 9 PCY2 25/G 37/RS 107/GC 75
Magnificat (Chepponis) RS 211/GC 146/GC2 84
Magnificat, My Being Proclaims (Roff) CCS 2350
My Soul Gives Glory (Vermulst) PMB 180/WC 226
My Soul Proclaims (Alstott) BB
My Soul Proclaims (Hughes) CCS 2819
My Soul Proclaims (Toolan) JS 120/GP 428/MI-BB
My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness (Haugen) PCY2 57
My Soul Rejoices PSL 8/SS
My Soul Rejoices (Alstott) MI‑BB/JS 503/SP5 70
My Soul Rejoices (Batastini/Gelineau) WOR 773/RS 209/GC 145/LPGG 773
My Soul Rejoices (Greening) PMB 561/PRM B3/WS
My Soul Rejoices (Guimont) GC2 1019/LPMG 8
My Soul Rejoices/Se Alegra Mi Espíritu (Krisman) SS
My Soul Rejoices (Schiavone) JS 885/LP 15
My Soul Rejoices (Testa) CCS 2929
My Soul Rejoices (Vervoort) CBW 24
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. This brief summary of Christian living comes from one of the earliest Christian texts we have. Paul calls the community to prayer, thanksgiving, openness to the Spirit, faithfulness, and rejoicing.
John 1:6-8, 19-28. The Baptist claims no titles for himself other than to be God's herald.
Songs for the Liturgy
A Voice Cries Out (1,G) JS 313/BB/RS 485/GC2 343/GP 294
Advent Antiphon (1) CBW 301
Advent Gathering (1) RS 492/GC 324
Advent Gathering Song (1) GC2 338/SS
Alleluia! Hurry, the Lord Is Near (1,2) BB/JS 324
*Arise, Your Light Is Come! (1) CBW 302
*Awake, Awake and Greet the New Morn – Adv text (C) RS 494/GC2 351/WC 445/CBW 303/WS/SS
*Be Strong (C) PSL 9/SS
Behold a Virgin Bearing Him (G) PMB 203/WC 465/WS
Christ, Be Our Light (1) GP 656/BB/GC2 512/WC 922/WS/MI-BB
Christ Is Coming: Prepare the Way (G) LMGM 10
Christ Is the World's Light (G) WOR 543
Come, Emmanuel (1) PMB 192/WC 459/WS
Come, Light of the World (1) WC 443/WS
Come, O Long Awaited Savior (1) PMB 189/WC 440/WS
Come, O Long Expected Jesus (1) WOR 364/CBW 300, 306/LMGM 5/RS 496/GC 323/GC2 345/JS 328/GP 309/BB/SS
*Come, Rejoice (E) IH 3
Come to Set Us Free (1) GC 338/GP 298
*Every Valley (G) GP 297/JS 326/CBW 308/BB
For the Coming of the Savior (2,G) SS
*God Has Chosen Me (1) JS 831/GC 682/GC2 669/MI‑BB/GP 546
*Good News (1) RS 797/GC 679/GC2 672
Great Is the Lord (1) GC 684
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (1) SS
Hark! A Herald Voice Is Calling (G) SS
Hold Me in Life (G) MI‑BB/GC 599/JS 702/GP 596
In the Day of the Lord (2) JS 685/GP 722/MI-BB
Jubilate Deo (2) BB/RS 667, 693/GC 555, 557/GC2 535/CBW 572/WC 879/WS/SS
Let Desert Wasteland Now Rejoice (E,1,Ps,2,C) SS
Litany of the Word (1) JS 312/BB
Maranatha (1) BB/GP 295/GC2 324, 335/SS
Now in This Banquet (1,C) GC 833/RS 933/GC2 825/CBW 608
Now Is the Time Approaching (1) WC 455
*O Child of Promise, Come (1) SS
O Come, Divine Messiah (1) WOR 367/CBW 310/BB/RS 479/GC 333/GC2 333/WC 447/JS 316/PMB 195/WS/SS
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (1) WOR 357/GP 293/LMGM 3/CBW 312/BB/RS 493/GC 317/GC2 323/WC 446/JS 311/PMB 184/WS/SS
O, How I Long to See (1) GP 306
*On Jordan's Bank (G) WOR 356/LMGM 8/CBW 351/BB/RS 490/GC 321, 322/GC2 344/WC 451/JS 315/GP 296/PMB 190/WS/SS
On That Holy Mountain (1) PMB 194/WC 448/WS
People Look East (2) WOR 359/BB/RS 482/GC 318/GC2 337/WC 462/JS 329/GP 300/PMB 188/WS/SS
People of the Night (1) GC 340/GC2 346
Prepare the Way of the Lord (1,G) WOR 369/LMGM 2/RS 491/GC 336/GC2 330/CBW 317
Prepare Ye the Way (1,G) LMGM 2
*Proclaim the Joyful Message (1,G) PMB 197/WC 460/WS
Ready the Way (G,C) JS 323/BB
*Rejoice in the Lord (E) PSL 7/SS
*Rejoice, the Lord Is King (E) WOR 493/MI‑BB/LMGM 93/RS 627/GC 487/GC2 493/JS 478/PMB 355/WC 716/SS
The Day Is Near (1) GC 768
The Peace of God (E) GC2 719
*The Spirit of God (1) WC 761/GC 458/PMB 399/WS
*The Spirit Sends Us Forth (1) JS 835/MI-BB
*The Moon with Borrowed Light (G) HG 28
The Voice of God Goes Out through All the World (1) WOR 358/CBW 433
*Wait for the Lord, v 4 (2,E,C) RS 484/GC 332/GC2 340/CBW 319/SS
Walk in the Reign (1,C) GC 319/GC2 325
*When the King Shall Come Again (C) RS 487/WOR 355/GC 327/GC2 327/SS
*You Have Anointed Me (1) RS 795/GC 676/GC2 662/GP 555
Your Word Went Forth (G) RS 655