December 14 – Advent III

A painting of St John the Baptist, in prison

You can join the service on YouTube.


The service will be live-streamed, beginning a bit before 10 am EDT; you’ll be able to watch live, or or re-watch the service at this link on YouTube at any time.

The order of service is available here.


You may want to have it handy while joining the stream. The order of service includes the readings and responses, and the words to the hymns, to make it easier to join in participating via the live stream. It also includes prayers you may wish to use during the reception of the Eucharist.

Sundays and Seasons offers this reflection on the readings that we’ll hear:
A note of joyful expectation marks today’s worship. Isaiah announces that the desert shall rejoice and blossom, and Jesus points to the unexpected and transforming signs of God’s reign. We wait with patience for the coming of the Lord, even as we rejoice at his presence among us this day: in word and holy supper, in church and in our homes, in silent reflection and in works of justice and love. We pray that God would open our eyes and ears to the wonders of Christ’s advent among us.


Our cover image is a photograph of the painting “St. John the Baptist in the Prison” by Juan Fernández de Navarrete (1526 – 79). The original is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

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