Third Sunday of Advent
Meditation Fifteen Eucharistic Lectionary Canticle 9 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6
Gaudete! Rejoice in the Lord, and again I say, rejoice; Rejoice, for the Lord is at hand; Rejoice, for he has been gracious to his land, And has turned away the captivity of Jacob. Rejoice, for the great one in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel, A mighty one who will save. Rejoice, for the True Light, which enlightens everyone, Is coming into the world. Rejoice, for the Word is made flesh that He might dwell among us. Rejoice at the wonder, rejoice at the scandal: For the Divine is made human, The Invisible is made visible, The Ineffable is given expression, The Immaterial has taken on physicality, The Infinite has taken on finitude, The Eternal has stepped into time, The Unchanging has opened himself to change, The Impassible has exposed himself to suffering, The Immortal has taken on mortality. 46