The reading for our Advent Wreath lighting this week is:
Advent 5 – Key of David
Leader: As our nights grow longer
and our days grow short,
we look on these earthly
signs--light and green branches--
and remember God's promise to our
world:
Christ, our Light and our Hope,
will come.
Listen to the words of Isaiah the
prophet:
“I will commit your authority to
his hand, and he shall be a father to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of
Judah. I will place on his
shoulder the key of the house of
David; he shall open, and no one shall shut;
he shall shut, and no one shall
open.”
(Isaiah 22:21b-23)
Leader: Let us pray.
All: Gracious God, your Son
Jesus Christ opened wide the gate of heaven,
making plain the way that leads
to eternal joy:
Grant that we who have been
buried with Christ in baptism
and raised to new life
may strive courageously for the
freedom and peace of the world;
through your Son, Jesus Christ,
to whom with you and the Holy
Spirit
be praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen
