The Collect and Psalm will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from The Modern English Version Bible

The Collect: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Isaiah 2:1-5

Psalm: Psalm 122

Epistle: Romans 13:11-14

Gospel: Matthew 24:36-44

On December 3 we celebrate the life of Francis Xavier missionary to the Far East. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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