Dec. 10th 2023 The Second Sunday of Advent

<p><br></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>WEEKLY SERVICE SHEET December 10, 2023 </strong><em>The Second Sunday of Advent&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Prelude <em>“Comfort Ye” from </em>Messiah <em>(Handel) </em></strong><em>Antonio Rodrigues, Soloist&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong>Entrance Hymn #67 <em>Comfort, Comfort Ye My People&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #54 <em>Savior of the Nations, Come&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Isaac Watts' Advent Carol (Martin)&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Hymn #66 <em>Come Thou Long Expected Jesus&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #76 <em>On Jordan's Bank&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <em>Amen.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING <em>Isaiah 40:1-11&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p>A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah.&nbsp;</p><p>Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins.&nbsp;</p><p>A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”&nbsp;</p><p>A voice says, “Cry out!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surel