RELIGION AND ART

4TH SUNDAY IN ADVENT Meditation It is the hour now for you to stay awake from sleep.   For our salvation is nearer now than when we first   believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand.   Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.   Rom: 13:11-12 INTERCESSIONS Lord Jesus, you came to save sinners, protect us in times of temptation. You will come in glory to be our judge, show us your power to save. Help us to keep the precepts of your law with the strength of the Spirit,  and to look forward in love to your coming. You are praised throughout the ages; in your mercy help us to live devoutly and temperately in this life, as we wait in joyful hope for the revelation of your glory.            PRAYER           All-powerful God, renew us by the coming feast of your Son and free us from our slavery to sin.   Grant this    through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy

THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT When God is at work Things you do not expect happens. People are ready to give you a helping hand People are there to see to your daily needs You get gifts and good wishes   Some kindness shown .You ask yourself if they are real. When God is at work Favour is at work, grace abounds, You walk in the supernatural When God is at work Faith comes to reality Hope is clear Charity abounds When God is at work. It is the hour now for you to awake from sleep.   For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand.   Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on   the amour of light. Rom. 13:11-12 Lord God, may we, your people who look forward to the birthday of Christ, experience the joy of salvation and celebrate that feast with love and thanksgiving.   We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one

THE SOLEMNITY OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 8TH DECEMBER But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, ad formed you, O Israel: Fear not I have redeemed you, I have called you by name: you are mine.  Is. 43:1 Prayer:  Father you prepared the Virgin Mary to  be the worthy mother of your Son.  You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by his death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception.  Help us by her prayers to live in your presence without sin.  We as this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reign with you and the holy Spirit one God, for ever and ever.  images of immaculate conception Ave Maria  as the dewy shade Hail thou star of ocean fading still

  SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT SUNDAY WEEK II Invitatory:            Lord, open my lips O God come to my assistance. Lord make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Alleluia Ant.           Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, alleluia Psalm118              A song of victory Give thanks to the Lord, for His good, his mercy endures for ever. Let the house of Israel say, His mercy endures for ever. Let the house of Aaron say, His mercy endures for ever. Let those who fear the Lord say, His mercy endures for ever. I called to the Lord in my distress, he has answered and freed me. The Lord is at my side; I do not fear. What can man do against me? The Lord is at my side as my helper, I shall look in triumph on my foes. It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than