Daily Bible Readings
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Ad te levavi, First Sunday of Advent
Chief Hymn: The Lutheran Hymnal #95Liturgical Color: Violet
Introit
TO YOU, - | O Lord, I lift | up | my | soul. *
O my God, | I | trust - | in | You;
|| Let me not be | a- | sham- | ed; *
Let not my enemies tri- | umph - | o- - | ver | me.
|| Let no one who | waits | on | You *
Be | — | a- - | sham- | ed.
|| Show me Your | ways, | O | Lord; *
Teach | — | me - | Your | paths. (Psalm 25:1-3a, 4)
Psalm Readings
Collect
Stir up, we beseech Thee, Thy power, O Lord, and come, that by Thy protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Thy mighty deliverance; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Jer 33:14-18
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First Reading: Rom 13:11-14
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Gradual
|| Let no one who | waits | on | You *
Be | a- | shamed, - | O | Lord
|| Show me Your | ways, | O | Lord; *
Teach | — | me - | Your | paths.
|| Alleluia! Alleluia! Show us Your | mer- | cy, | Lord, *
And grant us Your salvation. | Al- | le- - | lu- | ia! (Psalms 25:3a,4; 85:7)
Second Reading: Matt 21:1-9
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.