Today the Church celebrates the Second Sunday of Advent. The assigned readings are Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; and Mark 1:1-8. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 85 (Psalm 85:9-14).
For a musical version of today's Responsorial Psalm, please visit:
YouTube: Lord Let Us See Your Kindness
Today's Gospel reading is as follows:
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'" John the Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins. John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. And this is what he proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Reflections on these readings:
Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio: Someone is Coming to Town (2nd Sunday of Advent)
The Deacon's Bench: Homily for December 4, 2011: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: 2nd Sunday of Advent (“Prepare the way of the Lord…”)
Msgr. Charles Pope: The Fire Next Time – Meditation on the Epistle for the Second Sunday of Advent (3 DEC 11)
The Lectionary: John: ‘Make ready the way of the Lord’ (1 DEC 11)
Dr. Scott Hahn: Straighten the Path (December 4th, 2011 - Second Sunday in Advent)
The New Theological Movement: Why was John baptizing?, and John Paul II: When confession is need before communion (3 DEC 11)
The Word Encountered: Wastelands of Discontent (Second Sunday of Advent B)
Dominican Daily: Word to Life: Sirius XM Radio: December 2, 2011
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