Office of the Campus Pastors

Advent marks the start of the Church Year, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and ending on Christmas Eve. It is a time of celebrating the birth of the Messiah and anticipating Christ’s second coming. The following readings may help guide you as you journey through this season of preparation. The readings are separated into the five weeks of Advent and can be read aloud individually or in groups:

Hope: November 29–December 5
Psalm 25:1–9
Jeremiah 33:14–16
Luke 1:1–25
Romans 5:1–5

Peace: December 6–12
Psalm 37
Isaiah 40:3–5, 28–31
Isaiah 52:7–8
Luke 1:26–38
Hebrews 13:20–21

Joy: December 13–19
Psalm 103
Zephaniah 3:14–20
Philippians 4:4–7
Luke 1:39–56

Love: December 20–24
Psalm 116
Deuteronomy 10:12–17 
Luke 1:57–80
Philippians 2:5–11
Revelation 21:1–10

Christmas Day: December 25
Psalm 96
Isaiah 9:2–7 
Luke 2:1–20
1 John 4:7–16

The Nativity of Our Lord: A Prayer for Christmas Day
A selection from the Book of Common Prayer, Year C

“O God, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.”