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Advent 4 A - Liturgical Prayers

Liturgy Alive 4th Sunday of Advent (A) Emmanuel: God With Us

 

Sunday, December 18, 2016

 

Greeting (From the Second Reading)

To you all, who are God's beloved
and called to be saints,
grace and peace from God our Father
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom 1:7). 
R/ And also with you.

Joseph's Struggle - Advent 4 A - A Dialogue

Fr. Tommy Lane:

The following is an edited version of a "A Rough Ride For The Righteous" - Sermon from Ross Bartlett, as shared for the morning of Sunday Dec 24, 1995 on the TELOS INFORMATION SERVICE. I found an edited version of it at Rev RJ Fairchild's site for Fourth Sunday of Advent 1998. A link to that site may be found on my page of links. It appeared as a monologue and I have shortened it considerably and interspersed the questions.
 

Recently I interviewed St. Joseph and this is how the interview went.

My name is Joseph. I’ve been at your celebration of Christmas for quite a while but I suspect you don’t know me too well. I feel sort of like the father of the bride at a wedding. Nobody pays much attention to him but he gets to pay the bills. I want to tell you, your Christmas cost me a great deal!

 

Where did you grow up?

Advent 4 A: Joseph's Faithfulness

4th Advent A from Jaimelito Gealan

Gospel Text: Matthew 1:18-24

Michel de Verteuil
General Comments
The story of the virginal conception of Jesus is historical but is also deeply symbolic, and your meditation will reveal to you that this is how Jesus Christ always comes to be born into the world, in all the various ways in which this happens.

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