Rejoice! Rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee,
O Israel!
Based on “O” Antiphons,
Latin, 9th century
Mark your calendars…December 7 at 7pm!
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday in the church year...next Sunday we begin our Advent season of waiting and anticipation.
While the holiday season outside the parish is full of frenetic busy-ness, the Church calls us to spend time in prayer, seeking simplicity and calm as we prepare our hearts to receive Christ into the world. Thanksgiving is not even here yet, but already the barrage of secular holiday songs has begun.
Why not take a break from all the noise and clutter to spend some time in prayer and song, listening to the stories of our faith, in the traditional format of Advent Lessons and Carols? We will gather in church on December 7, at 7pm, for about an hour, in prayer and song. Familiar Advent hymns will be sung by all who are gathered there, and the choir will offer several pieces of choral music in anticipation of Christ’s coming. (No, they won’t be “Christmas” carols—not yet!—but they will be songs beloved and known to us as praying Catholics.)
Find peace amidst the noise! Come sing with us!
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