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Fourth Sunday of Advent: Homilies, Images, Slides and Videos

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The following are homilies, photos, multimedia slides and videos you might find useful for your celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C). The Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Advent narrates the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Mary wanted to share the joy of the new life within her to Elizabeth who was also carrying John in her womb. Elizabeth declared “Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.”

READINGS

FIRST READING: Micah 5:1-4a
PSALM: Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
SECOND READING: Hebrews 10:5-10
GOSPEL: Luke 1:39-45

HOMILIES

  • To Know How To Visit [www.bible.claret.org]
    There is a sense in which each of us carries the Lord within us and in which each of us is a precursor of Christ. When we meet one another in either planned or chance visits we can support one another in pain, strengthen one another in sorrow, and guide one another in confusion. We can be God’s presence to one another. Read more…
  • Fourth Sunday in Advent [onlineministries.creighton.edu]
    God has come to us according to what makes sense to our minds. Through our senses God has come to visit and stay. It does remain more than we can handle and yet God continues to give the Gift into our little hands, our little stables, our little mangers to hold and begin distributing. He came that we might have life and be freed to give it, and Him away in the life-long, life-giving visits we make in the lives of others. Read more…
  • Fourth Advent: Bursting with Excitement [www.st.ignatius.net]
    God is the King. He is the Divine Lover. We are the object of His love. Only God would love so much that He would become one of us to win our love. St. Ireneus, an early doctor of the Church, wrote, “Because of his great love for us, Jesus, the Word of God, became what we are in order to make us what he is himself.” Read more…
  • 4th Sunday of Advent [www.catholicmatters.com]
    There is no stronger, no greater, no more unselfish love on earth than that of a mother for her child. Expecting nothing in return, an earthly mother will make any sacrifice even that of her own life, for the sake of her child. Mary, our Mother in heaven, has made a sacrifice for us—a sacrifice greater than any human mother could ever make—she offered her divine Son for us on Calvary and stood there to see him die slowly in agony for our sakes. Could we ever doubt her love for us then, her supreme interest in us? She wants nothing for us but the greatest and the best, our eternal happiness with the Holy Trinity in heaven. Read more…

IMAGES

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P1000198 by AlBargan


Listen With Your Heart by ManWithCamera


Fourth Sunday in Advent by VickyvS


Advent Wreath by Terrible Modern

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS

The following presentation can be downloaded here.

VIDEOS

The first video can be downloaded here and the second video from this link.



Second Sunday of Advent: Homilies, Images, Slides and Videos

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The following are homilies, images and other digital resources you might find useful for your celebration of the Second Sunday of Advent (Year C). Today’s liturgy reminds us that we all need to “prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths” (Luke 3:4). The best way for us to prepare for the Lord’s coming is to turn our heart and mind from apathy, indifference and doubt, to trust and obedience to God’s word.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Baruch 5:1-9
PSALM: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
SECOND READING: Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11
GOSPEL: Luke 3:1-6

HOMILIES

  • To Know Where You Are [www.bible.claret.org]
    It is very important to be NOW and HERE. If we are not NOW-HERE we are NO-WHERE. The problem is that you cannot be NOWHERE and if you insist on trying to be NOWHERE you can never move to somewhere else. You cannot move away from a place unless you are first there, either physically, psychologically or spiritually. Read more…
  • The Word of God Came to John in the Wilderness [www.rc.net]
    Luke’s gospel emphasizes the universal call of the gospel to all peoples without distinction. He quotes from the prophet Isaiah that “all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” John stood at the door of a new era of grace and salvation. He saw from a distance what Jesus the Messiah would accomplish through his death and resurrection – pardon for our sins and eternal life for all who would believe in his name. Are you hungry for the Word of God and do you allow God’s word to shape and form the way you think and live? Read more…
  • Second Advent: The Word of God Came to John [www.st.ignatius.net]
    What we need to do is pray. Pray that we might listen when the Word of God comes to us. And pray that we might respond to the Word of God by going into action as Christians. Jesus Christ is coming again. Like John the Baptist the Word of God comes often to us so that we might prepare the Way of the Lord. Read more…
  • 2nd Sunday of Advent [www.catholicmatters.com]
    The preaching of John the Baptist, quoting Isaiah, which echoed and re-echoed around the Jordan valley nearly two thousand years ago, should ring in our ears today too. We are preparing for the coming of Christ at Christmas, and the prophet tells us how we should prepare ourselves if the welcome we give our Savior is to be sincere and true. Even the best and the holiest amongst us will have to admit that our paths—our dealings with God—over the past twelve months have been far from straight and smooth. Read more…

IMAGES

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Advent

Advent by Happy Faith

Advent´s Time

Advent´s Time by Le Puma

Burning Some Candles

Burning Some Candles by Hans s

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS

You can download the first presentation here and the second presentation can be downloaded here.

VIDEOS



First Sunday of Advent: Homilies, Images, Slides and Video

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The following are homilies, images and other digital resources you might find useful for your celebration of the First Sunday of Advent (Year C). Advent, which comes from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming” or “arrival”, is a period of preparation for the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. This year, the season of Advent begins on November 29. The first Sunday of Advent also marks the beginning of the liturgical and ecclesiastical year.

READINGS

FIRST READING: Jer 33:14-16
PSALM: Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14
SECOND READING: 1 Thes 3:12-4:2
GOSPEL: Lk 21:25-28, 34-36

HOMILIES

  • The Hope That Gives Life [www.bible.claret.org]
    Today, at the start of the Liturgical Year the church invites us to set out on a great journey – to follow the footstep of Christ in all of his mysteries so that we can live as he lived. St. Luke gives us the last address of his public ministry where Jesus is clearly fretful about the future as he paints a bleak picture of the end of the world. Read more…
  • Look Up Because Your Redemption is Drawing Near [www.rc.net]
    What can keep us from recognizing the signs which await the coming of the Lord? Indifference and the temptation to slacken off – to become passive and lethargic or to fall asleep spiritually. It is very easy to get caught up in the things of the present moment or to be weighed down with troubles. Read more…
  • First Advent: Santa and Calvin [www.st.ignatius.net]
    St. Paul wrote that our love must continually grow so we can stand blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord. That brings us to the quite frightening gospel with its warnings about being prepared for the end of time or at least, the end of our own personal time. Read more…
  • First Sunday of Advent [www.catholicmatters.com]
    On this the first Sunday of Advent the Church wishes to remind us of what Advent means—a period of preparation for the Advent—the Coming—of Christ our Savior. This prophecy of Jeremiah intended to encourage the Jews to trust in God in spite of all their present difficulties, can and should encourage us too. Read more…

IMAGES

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Advent

Advent Sermon Graphic by Aaron Alexander

Advent

First Advent and First Candle is Lit by Per Ola Wiberg (Powi)

Christ the King

New Beginning by Jonmatthew Photography

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS

The multimedia presentations below present the history and meaning of the Advent season. Please take note that the first presentation contains audio, while the second only contains text and images. You can download the first presentation here and the second presentation can be downloaded here.

VIDEO

The following video is Tracy Chapman’s “New Beginning”. The core message of the song is that we all need to resolve to start all over and make a new beginning (which is also the essence of the Advent season). The refrain goes “We can break the cycle – We can break the chain. We can start all over – In the new beginning. We can learn, we can teach. We can share the myths, the dream, the prayer. The notion that we can do better. Change our lives and paths. Create a new world and start all over.” You can download the video in MP4 format by clicking here.

PHOTOS: 8 Amazing Images for the Season of Advent

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Advent, which comes from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming” or “arrival”, is a period of preparation for the feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. This year, the season of Advent begins on November 29. The first Sunday of Advent also marks the beginning of the liturgical and ecclesiastical year.

The liturgical color of the season is purple. All Catholic churches make use of Advent wreaths during this season, with one candle representing each of the four Sundays of Advent.

Here is a collection of amazing images you can use in your multimedia presentations or liturgical celebrations during this season of anticipation and hope.

Advent by Anadelmann

Listen With Your Heart by ManWithCamera

Zweiter Advent by Zwergenmutti

Fjärde Advent by Skotte28

Lighting the Advent Wreath by RedheadRaye

Scottish Advent by Msutherland1

Advent Wreath by Janikovszky

Advent by Jon Åslund

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B)

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This is a slideshow presentation based on Luke 1:26-38, the Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B). You may embed this slideshow into your own blog/website or download the original PowerPoint/Pdf file so you may use it in your liturgical celebrations.

Year B: 4th Sunday Advent (Luke 1:26-38)
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READING: Luke 1:26-38

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.

The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.’

Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I am a virgin?’ The angel said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.’

Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’ Then the angel departed from her.

Third Sunday of Advent (Year B)

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This is a slideshow presentation based on John 1:6-8, 19-28, the Gospel reading for the Third Sunday of Advent (Year B). You may embed this slideshow into your own blog/website or download the original PowerPoint/Pdf file so you may use it in your liturgical celebrations.

Year B: 3rd Sunday Advent (John 1:6-8, 19-28)    

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READING: John 1:6-8, 19-28

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.

This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, ‘I am not the Messiah.’ And they asked him, ‘What then? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Then they said to him, ‘Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?’ He said, ‘I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of the Lord” ’, as the prophet Isaiah said.

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?’ John answered them, ‘I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.’ This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.