You can join the service on YouTube!
The stream will begin shortly before 10 am, and you’re able to watch or re-watch the live-stream at this YouTube link at any time.
The order of service is available here.
Having it handy will make it easier to join in more fully–includes the words to the hymns, the readings & all of the responses. It also has prayers that you may wish to use as those physically present receive the eucharist.
Sundays and Seasons offers this reflection on the readings we’ll hear today:
Forerunners and messengers advance the advent of our God. While John the baptizer’s voice in the wilderness may be the principal focus of the day, Baruch’s prophecy speaks of preparing before God comes to remake and renew all creation. Finally all the baptized are called to participate in the sharing of the gospel. In so doing we prepare the way for the coming of Jesus and assist all people in capturing a vision of the “salvation of God.”
Our cover image this morning is a photograph of a fragment of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, dating to the 12th century and depicting John the Baptiser. The picture was taken by user Brad Hostetler on flickr.