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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of Advent - Year C
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Baruch 5:1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jerusalem\, take off your funeral suit. The time of grief is over!\nDress to the nines in the beauty of God’s glory. \nGod has given you righteousness as a gift.\nWear it like a full length coat.\nGod has given you a share of divine glory.\nWear it as a crown.\nGod will see that every nation on earth\ngets an eyeful of your splendour! \nThanks to God\, you will gain a name for justice\, for peace\,\nand for reflecting the glory of God. \nOn your feet\, Jerusalem. Climb the lookout.\nScan the horizon. Look who’s coming!\nGod has given the go ahead to bring home your children.\nFrom every direction they come\,\nsinging with joy because God remembered them. \nThey were marched away from you on foot\nwith enemy soldiers driving them ruthlessly.\nBut when God brings them home\,\nthey will be driven by chauffeurs\nwith bands playing and ticker tape raining down. \nGod has even ordered special road works for their coming:\nno more dangerous mountain passes or river fords.\nA spectacular new freeway\nwill make travelling a breeze for God’s people.\nThey’ll be able to come home safely\,\nenjoying all that God has done. \nEven the hot sun won’t bother them\,\nbecause God has ordered shady trees to line the way. \nGod will lead the homecoming procession.\nEveryone will return\,\nsinging the praises of God’s mercy and justice.\nGod’s glorious presence\nwill light up the road before them. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR   Malachi 3:1-4			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD who rules over everything has this to say: \n“Look\, I am sending my own messenger to get things ready for my arrival. Then\, all of a sudden\, the Lord you have been looking for will turn up in the temple. You have been longing to see the messenger who will come to put my promises on the table. Well\, he’s coming alright. But will anyone be able to cope with him when he does? Will anyone be able to stand firm in his presence? \nYou see\, he’ll be like a bush fire that clears all the debris from the forest floor\, or like paint stripper that takes a surface back to bare metal. He will tear through the whole family of priests and burn away the rubbish once and for all\, until they shine like pure polished gold. Then they’ll do what they are supposed to do and bring the right kind of offerings to the LORD. That way the offerings of the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to God again\, just like they were in the past.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 1:68-79 (canticle)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing your praises\, Lord God of Israel\,\nbecause you have smiled upon us and put things right for us. \nFrom the family of your servant David\nyou have called forth a hero with the power to save us.\nYou promised this years ago\, in the preaching of your prophets.\nYou said you would break us loose from the grip of our enemies\nand from the traps of those who had it in for us. \nYou have been true to your word\nand honoured the agreement you made with our ancestors.\nWay way back\, you swore to Abraham and Sarah\nthat you would snatch us clear of enemy hands\nand give us the opportunity to serve you openly\,\nwithout having to watch our backs;\nto dedicate ourselves totally to you\nand to doing what is right for the rest of our lives. \nAnd now you have given us this child.\nHe will be known as a prophet of the great God.\nHe will go ahead of the coming Lord\,\ngetting everything prepared.\nHe will let your people know that you offer salvation\nand make it clear that their sins are forgiven. \nOur God\, your tender and patient love\nwill dawn on us and light up the world for us.\nEven in the darkest hours\, in the blackest hell-holes of our world\,\nyour love will break through and illuminate the way of peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Philippians 1:3-11			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Every time you Christians at Philippi pop up in my thoughts\, I can’t help but thank God for you. It is a real joy to pray for you people and I do so often. Of course I do - you’ve shared so much with us in this new life we’re announcing\, and you have ever since day one. It was God who commenced this great work in you\, turning the first sod\, and one thing I’d bet my life on is that God will stick to the job\, without cutting a single corner\, so that the completed project is ready for a grand unveiling on the day when Jesus Christ appears. \nIt is no surprise that I get so carried away about you and hold such a special place for you in my heart. You’ve always been so committed to me\, sticking by me through thick and thin. I’ve experienced the generous love of God through you; I did when we worked side by side to present and defend God’s message\, and I still do now\, locked up here in prison. As God is my witness\, I can assure you that I long to be able to show you how much I care for you. Sometimes I feel as though even Jesus couldn’t love you more than I do! \nSo I’m praying for you\, that you may be so full of love that it just pours out in all directions! And I don’t mean sentimental mushy stuff. I’m praying that your love will be the kind that sharpens your senses and puts steel in your backbone so that you can discern what is right and see it through no matter what. With that kind of love you can be sure that when Christ turns up there’ll be no mud sticking to you. Between now and then you’ll have been working together with Jesus like a well oiled machine producing one good thing after another\, all bearing the marks of justice and integrity which draw attention to the glory of God’s goodness. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 3:1-6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	John\, the son of Zechariah\, received a message from God in the desert. This happened when Tiberius had been Roman Emperor for fifteen years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea at the time\, and Herod the Second held the reins up in Galilee. Herod’s brother Philip had the job in the region of Iturea and Trachonitis\, and in Abilene\, Lysanias was in charge. In Jerusalem\, Annas and Ciaphas were jointly holding the office of High Priest. \nWhen he received the message from God\, John went up and down the Jordan valley preaching to the people. He called them to be baptised\, to completely turn their lives around and receive God’s forgiveness for their toxic ways. The prophet Isaiah had foreshadowed this when he wrote: \n“In the desert a voice is shouting: \n‘The Lord is coming!\nGet the road ready.\nClear the track. Straighten it out for him. \nFill the potholes. Bridge the valleys.\nCut through the obstructions to level the grade.\nReplace meandering tracks with a new direct route.\nLay a new surface over the old corrugations. \nThe Lord is coming to save the world\nand everyone on earth will see it happen.’ ” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor from your deepest mercy comes our hope of salvation. \nIn the beginning you began creating the world\nand you will bring it to completion at your final appearing.\nThrough your prophets you promised to save us\nfrom all that would drive us into slavery. \nYou sent your servant\, John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\na refining fire to purify your people.\nIn your child\, Jesus\, we have seen the dawn of justice\,\nand the glory of your mercy and righteousness.\nWhen he was crucified\nyou raised him to new life with the power to save.\nNow we eagerly await the glorious day of his appearing\,\nwhen all your children will be gathered home\,\noverflowing with love\, joy and the fruits of righteousness\nto your glory and praise. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for our hope of salvation\nwhich springs from your deepest mercy.\nLike a refining fire\, you sent your servant John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\nto make us pure and blameless before him. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor from your deepest mercy comes our hope of salvation. \nIn the beginning you began creating the world\nand you will bring it to completion at your final appearing.\nThrough your prophets you promised to save us\nfrom all that would drive us into slavery. \nYou sent your servant\, John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\na refining fire to purify your people.\nIn your child\, Jesus\, we have seen the dawn of justice\,\nand the glory of your mercy and righteousness.\nWhen he was crucified\nyou raised him to new life with the power to save.\nNow we eagerly await the glorious day of his appearing\,\nwhen all your children will be gathered home\,\noverflowing with love\, joy and the fruits of righteousness\nto your glory and praise. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	In God’s deepest mercy\,\nwe were called to a baptism of repentance\,\nso that our sins might be forgiven\nand we might be pure and blameless\nbefore the coming Christ. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and prepare the way for the Lord.\nShare in the gospel of God’s grace;\nProclaim salvation and the forgiveness of sins;\nMake straight paths for justice and mercy. \nAnd may God complete the good work begun in you;\nMay Christ Jesus rejoice in your faith and compassion;\nand may the Holy Spirit fill your love with wisdom\,\nand produce in you a harvest of righteousness. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nInviting TroubleA sermon on Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 1:68-79 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nShaping up for the Coming FutureA sermon on Luke 3:1-6; Malachi 3:1-4 & Philippians 1:3-11 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWho can endure Christmas?A sermon on Malachi 3: 1-4 & Luke 3:1-6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOpen Up The WayA sermon on Luke 3:1-6 & Malachi 3:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWelcoming FireA sermon on Luke 3:1-6; Malachi 3:1-4 & Philippians 1:3-11 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Wilderness WayA sermon on Luke 3:1-6 & Malachi 3:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nSilence and a SongA sermon on Luke 1:68-79 by Carolyn Francis
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SUMMARY:2nd Sunday of Advent - Year C
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Baruch 5:1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jerusalem\, take off your funeral suit. The time of grief is over!\nDress to the nines in the beauty of God’s glory. \nGod has given you righteousness as a gift.\nWear it like a full length coat.\nGod has given you a share of divine glory.\nWear it as a crown.\nGod will see that every nation on earth\ngets an eyeful of your splendour! \nThanks to God\, you will gain a name for justice\, for peace\,\nand for reflecting the glory of God. \nOn your feet\, Jerusalem. Climb the lookout.\nScan the horizon. Look who’s coming!\nGod has given the go ahead to bring home your children.\nFrom every direction they come\,\nsinging with joy because God remembered them. \nThey were marched away from you on foot\nwith enemy soldiers driving them ruthlessly.\nBut when God brings them home\,\nthey will be driven by chauffeurs\nwith bands playing and ticker tape raining down. \nGod has even ordered special road works for their coming:\nno more dangerous mountain passes or river fords.\nA spectacular new freeway\nwill make travelling a breeze for God’s people.\nThey’ll be able to come home safely\,\nenjoying all that God has done. \nEven the hot sun won’t bother them\,\nbecause God has ordered shady trees to line the way. \nGod will lead the homecoming procession.\nEveryone will return\,\nsinging the praises of God’s mercy and justice.\nGod’s glorious presence\nwill light up the road before them. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  OR   Malachi 3:1-4			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	The LORD who rules over everything has this to say: \n“Look\, I am sending my own messenger to get things ready for my arrival. Then\, all of a sudden\, the Lord you have been looking for will turn up in the temple. You have been longing to see the messenger who will come to put my promises on the table. Well\, he’s coming alright. But will anyone be able to cope with him when he does? Will anyone be able to stand firm in his presence? \nYou see\, he’ll be like a bush fire that clears all the debris from the forest floor\, or like paint stripper that takes a surface back to bare metal. He will tear through the whole family of priests and burn away the rubbish once and for all\, until they shine like pure polished gold. Then they’ll do what they are supposed to do and bring the right kind of offerings to the LORD. That way the offerings of the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to God again\, just like they were in the past.” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 1:68-79 (canticle)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing your praises\, Lord God of Israel\,\nbecause you have smiled upon us and put things right for us. \nFrom the family of your servant David\nyou have called forth a hero with the power to save us.\nYou promised this years ago\, in the preaching of your prophets.\nYou said you would break us loose from the grip of our enemies\nand from the traps of those who had it in for us. \nYou have been true to your word\nand honoured the agreement you made with our ancestors.\nWay way back\, you swore to Abraham and Sarah\nthat you would snatch us clear of enemy hands\nand give us the opportunity to serve you openly\,\nwithout having to watch our backs;\nto dedicate ourselves totally to you\nand to doing what is right for the rest of our lives. \nAnd now you have given us this child.\nHe will be known as a prophet of the great God.\nHe will go ahead of the coming Lord\,\ngetting everything prepared.\nHe will let your people know that you offer salvation\nand make it clear that their sins are forgiven. \nOur God\, your tender and patient love\nwill dawn on us and light up the world for us.\nEven in the darkest hours\, in the blackest hell-holes of our world\,\nyour love will break through and illuminate the way of peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Philippians 1:3-11			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Every time you Christians at Philippi pop up in my thoughts\, I can’t help but thank God for you. It is a real joy to pray for you people and I do so often. Of course I do - you’ve shared so much with us in this new life we’re announcing\, and you have ever since day one. It was God who commenced this great work in you\, turning the first sod\, and one thing I’d bet my life on is that God will stick to the job\, without cutting a single corner\, so that the completed project is ready for a grand unveiling on the day when Jesus Christ appears. \nIt is no surprise that I get so carried away about you and hold such a special place for you in my heart. You’ve always been so committed to me\, sticking by me through thick and thin. I’ve experienced the generous love of God through you; I did when we worked side by side to present and defend God’s message\, and I still do now\, locked up here in prison. As God is my witness\, I can assure you that I long to be able to show you how much I care for you. Sometimes I feel as though even Jesus couldn’t love you more than I do! \nSo I’m praying for you\, that you may be so full of love that it just pours out in all directions! And I don’t mean sentimental mushy stuff. I’m praying that your love will be the kind that sharpens your senses and puts steel in your backbone so that you can discern what is right and see it through no matter what. With that kind of love you can be sure that when Christ turns up there’ll be no mud sticking to you. Between now and then you’ll have been working together with Jesus like a well oiled machine producing one good thing after another\, all bearing the marks of justice and integrity which draw attention to the glory of God’s goodness. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 3:1-6			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	John\, the son of Zechariah\, received a message from God in the desert. This happened when Tiberius had been Roman Emperor for fifteen years. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea at the time\, and Herod the Second held the reins up in Galilee. Herod’s brother Philip had the job in the region of Iturea and Trachonitis\, and in Abilene\, Lysanias was in charge. In Jerusalem\, Annas and Ciaphas were jointly holding the office of High Priest. \nWhen he received the message from God\, John went up and down the Jordan valley preaching to the people. He called them to be baptised\, to completely turn their lives around and receive God’s forgiveness for their toxic ways. The prophet Isaiah had foreshadowed this when he wrote: \n“In the desert a voice is shouting: \n‘The Lord is coming!\nGet the road ready.\nClear the track. Straighten it out for him. \nFill the potholes. Bridge the valleys.\nCut through the obstructions to level the grade.\nReplace meandering tracks with a new direct route.\nLay a new surface over the old corrugations. \nThe Lord is coming to save the world\nand everyone on earth will see it happen.’ ” \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor from your deepest mercy comes our hope of salvation. \nIn the beginning you began creating the world\nand you will bring it to completion at your final appearing.\nThrough your prophets you promised to save us\nfrom all that would drive us into slavery. \nYou sent your servant\, John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\na refining fire to purify your people.\nIn your child\, Jesus\, we have seen the dawn of justice\,\nand the glory of your mercy and righteousness.\nWhen he was crucified\nyou raised him to new life with the power to save.\nNow we eagerly await the glorious day of his appearing\,\nwhen all your children will be gathered home\,\noverflowing with love\, joy and the fruits of righteousness\nto your glory and praise. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for our hope of salvation\nwhich springs from your deepest mercy.\nLike a refining fire\, you sent your servant John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\nto make us pure and blameless before him. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor from your deepest mercy comes our hope of salvation. \nIn the beginning you began creating the world\nand you will bring it to completion at your final appearing.\nThrough your prophets you promised to save us\nfrom all that would drive us into slavery. \nYou sent your servant\, John\,\nto prepare the way for your anointed one\nby proclaiming a baptism of repentance\,\na refining fire to purify your people.\nIn your child\, Jesus\, we have seen the dawn of justice\,\nand the glory of your mercy and righteousness.\nWhen he was crucified\nyou raised him to new life with the power to save.\nNow we eagerly await the glorious day of his appearing\,\nwhen all your children will be gathered home\,\noverflowing with love\, joy and the fruits of righteousness\nto your glory and praise. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2003 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	In God’s deepest mercy\,\nwe were called to a baptism of repentance\,\nso that our sins might be forgiven\nand we might be pure and blameless\nbefore the coming Christ. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and prepare the way for the Lord.\nShare in the gospel of God’s grace;\nProclaim salvation and the forgiveness of sins;\nMake straight paths for justice and mercy. \nAnd may God complete the good work begun in you;\nMay Christ Jesus rejoice in your faith and compassion;\nand may the Holy Spirit fill your love with wisdom\,\nand produce in you a harvest of righteousness. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nInviting TroubleA sermon on Malachi 3:1-4 & Luke 1:68-79 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nShaping up for the Coming FutureA sermon on Luke 3:1-6; Malachi 3:1-4 & Philippians 1:3-11 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWho can endure Christmas?A sermon on Malachi 3: 1-4 & Luke 3:1-6 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nOpen Up The WayA sermon on Luke 3:1-6 & Malachi 3:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWelcoming FireA sermon on Luke 3:1-6; Malachi 3:1-4 & Philippians 1:3-11 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nThe Wilderness WayA sermon on Luke 3:1-6 & Malachi 3:1-4 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nSilence and a SongA sermon on Luke 1:68-79 by Carolyn Francis
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