Lop Notes: Second Sunday of Advent

Today the Church celebrates the Second Sunday of Advent. The assigned readings are Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; and Luke 3:1-6. The Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 126 (Psalm 126:1-6).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 126 The Lord has done great things for us

The Gospel reading is as follows:

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
    "A voice of one crying out in the desert:
    'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
   Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
   The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth,
   and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"

Reflections on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Salesian Sunday Reflections: Second Sunday of Advent December 5, 2021