FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT C Lectionary #12

Mary: Image of promises fulfilled.

Micah 5:1-4a. Bethlehem , birthplace of the Shepherd-King, David, is invoked as a promise of the coming messiah who will take his place as the ideal king.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (79) 80 . This communal lament, at a time of great national suffering, invokes the memories of God's great deeds as the basis for asking God to intervene once more to save “the vine” that is the chosen people.

God of Hosts, Bring Us Back (Dean/Somerville) CBW 28

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Guimont) RS 108

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Haugen), vss 1-3 GC 75/RS 107/PCY2 25

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Hughes/Gelineau) WOR 777

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Keil) MI-BB

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Kogut) PCY10 38

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Schaffer) PC3 8/PRM C4

Lord, Make Us Turn to You (Smith) SMM5 12/GP 221/SP4 34

Save Us, O Lord (Dufford) GP 301/MI-BB/JS 555

Señor, Restáuranos (Sosa) FYC 223

Hebrews 10:5-10. This passage introduced into Christian thought the idea of a “first” and “second” covenant, the second based in fidelity to God's will, not in strict observance of the Torah. (In fact, “fidelity to God's will” seems to have been Jesus' own interpretation of the First Testament: It is a call to do God's will under all circumstances, with the Torah as the description of the best way to be faithful.)

Luke 1:39-45. Mary's visit to Elizabeth leads to a prophetic statement by the older woman that Mary is the mother of the Lord, the one who believed in the Lord's promise.

Songs for the Liturgy

All Who Claim the Faith of Jesus (G) GC 787/RS 897

Alma Redemptoris Mater (G) JS 488

Ave Maria (G) WOR 713/LMGM 95/WC 954/JS 493, 504/GC 785, 789/RS 896, 898/GP 429/MI-BB/PMB 532

Awake, Awake, and Greet the New Morn (1,2) WOR 360/RS 494/CBW 303/WS 341

*Await the Lord with Hope, v 5 (G) BB

Behold a Virgin Bearing Him (G) WC 464/PMB 203/WS 362

Canticle of the Turning (G) GC 556/RS 678

Christ, Circle Round Us (O Antiphons) BB

Come, O Long Expected Jesus (1,2,G) WOR 364/CBW 300, 306/LMGM 5/BB/RS 496/GC 323/GP 309/WC 440/JS 328/PMB 189/WS 339

Emmanuel (1,G) WC 443/PMB 193/WS 347

Hail Mary (G) LMGM 98/GC 782/RS 896/MI-BB/PMB 528/WS 682

Hail Mary: Gentle Woman (G) GP 426/GC 782/JS 489/MI-BB/WC 956/WS 685

Highly Favored One (G) CBW 459

Holy Mary, Full of Grace (G) CBW 461

Immaculate Mary (G) WOR 708/GP 430/LMGM 99/CBW 463/WC 961/BB/JS 535/RS 890/GC 790/PMB 530/WS 688

Let the King of Glory Come (O Antiphons) JS 320/BB/GP299

Lift Up Your Heads (2,G) WOR 363/JS 330/WC 934/BB/PMB 515

Like a Shepherd (G) GP 708/CBW 490/JS 648/GC 325/MI-BB

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (1,G) WOR 374/LMGM 24/JS 338/GP 320/BB 94/WC 475/PMB 210/WS 368

*Lord, Come and Save Us (Ps) GP 308

Magnificat/Canticle of Mary (2) WOR 15, 87, 88, 534, 553/WC 208, 226, 436, 437, 438/MI-BB/RS 17, 209, 210, 211, 656, 675/GP 163, 291, 292, 427, 428, 433, 434, 436/GC 14, 145, 146, 534, 788/CBW 14I, 575, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678/JS 11, 119, 120, 495, 501, 503, 505/29, 327/PMB 9, 180, 181, 182/WS 29, 334

O Come, Divine Messiah (1,2) WOR 367/CBW 310/JS 316/BB/WC 446/RS 479/GC 333/PMB 195/WS 340

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (O Antiphons) WOR 357/JS 311/CBW 312/LMGM 3/GP 293/BB/WC 445/RS 493/GC 317/PMB 184/WS 346

O Holy Mary (G) MI-BB/JS 494

Savior of the Nations, Come (1,2,G) WOR 372/JS 321/BB/RS 480/GC 334/WC 454

See How the Virgin Waits for Him (G) JS 331/BB

Servant of the Word (G) CBW 467

Sing of Mary (G) WOR 404/GP 432/MI-BB/LMGM 100/JS 490/WC 965/RS 528/GC 783/PMB 538/WS 681

Take Comfort, God's People (1) WOR 361

Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (G) WOR 534/CBW 575

The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (1,G) WOR 695/CBW 316/GP 441/JS 513/BB

The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (G) WOR 405/CBW 464/MI-BB/JS 514

The King of Glory (G) WOR 501/JS 487/MI-BB/WC 725/RS 628/GC 486/GP 423/WS 501

*When to Mary, the Word (G) HG 144

Within Our Hearts Be Born (G) GC 329