The Catholic Church and Personal Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham with Saint Cuthbert Mayne
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT DWSM Readings and Propers p.46
THE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH Drop down ye heavens from above and let the sky pour down righteousness. (v4) Blessed are you, sovereign Lord, merciful and gentle: to you be praise and glory for ever. Your light has shone in our darkened world through the child-bearing of blessed Mary; grant that we who have seen your glory may daily be renewed in your image and prepared like her for the coming of your Son, who is the Lord and Saviour of all. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Let the Lord enter. He is the King of glory. OFFERTORY HYMN O COME, O come, Emmanuel! Redeem thy captive Israel, That into exile drear is gone Far from the face of God's dear Son. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, thou Branch of Jesse! draw O come, thou Lord of David's Key! The quarry from the lion's claw; The royal door fling wide and free; From the dread caverns of the grave, Safeguard for us the heavenward road, From nether hell, thy people save. And bar the way to death's abode. O come, O come, thou Dayspring bright! O come, O come, Adonai, Pour on our souls thy healing light; Who in thy glorious majesty Dispel the long night's lingering gloom, From that high mountain clothed with awe And pierce the shadows of the tomb. Gavest thy folk the elder law. COMMUNION HYMN For Mary, Mother of the Lord God's holy name be praised, Who first the Son of God adored As on her child she gazed.
The angel Gabriel brought the word She should Christ's mother be; Our Lady, handmaid of the Lord, Made answer willingly.