Second Week of Advent
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About this day
On the Second Sunday of Advent the Gospel presents Saint John the Baptist, the Lord's forerunner, preaching repentance in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord. The weekdays continue the Advent readings, chiefly from the prophet Isaiah.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sun 6 Dec 2026 — Year B · I
- Sun 6 Dec 2026
- Wed 9 – Fri 11 Dec 2026
Music
Mass
- Advent – Sundays 1–4 – Propers (Organ) [1. ADVENT 1-91] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – Propers (Cycle A) [4 Dec 2016. ADVENT SUN 2. Year A. ABC] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – Propers [Advent SUN 2 Mass. 2015] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Weekdays of 17–24 December – Propers [Anglican Missal. PROPERS. Advent. 2016. 1-28 booklet] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (English, Latin & Spanish) (Organ) [complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Weekdays of 17–24 December – Propers (Organ) [Propers. Advent. Weekdays. organ. 04.27.19] DetailsOffertory
- Advent – Week 1 to Week 7 – Propers [Propers. II. Weekdays. TEMP. book. long. 03.09.20 final] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
- Advent – Week 1 to Weekdays of 17–24 December – Entrance, Communion (Organ) [Propers. Organ. Advent. Weekdays. 1 to 178. 02.25.20] DetailsOffertory
Divine Office: Daytime Prayer
- Advent – Week 2 – Wednesday – Daytime Prayer [SEXT. WED 2. Advent. 2024] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
- Advent – Week 2 – Saturday – Daytime Prayer (2019 a) [SEXT. SAT 2. Advent. 2019. [b]] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
- Advent – Week 2 – Saturday – Daytime Prayer (2019 b) [SEXT. SAT 2. Advent. 2019] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
- Advent – Week 2 – Saturday – Daytime Prayer (2017) [Terce. SAT Advent II. 09.27.17 ArchSF] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
- Advent – Week 2 – Saturday – Daytime Prayer (2024) [TERCE. Sat. 2. Advent. 2024.] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading
Divine Office: Lauds (Morning Prayer)
- Advent – Week 2 – Monday – Lauds [Lauds. MON Wk 2. Advent. 2017 SPSU] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Benedictus
Divine Office: Vespers I
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – First Vespers (2016 a) [Sunday 2 Advent I Vespers. Wk 2. 2016] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – First Vespers (2016 b) [Sunday 2 Advent I Vespers. Wk 2. 2016] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – First Vespers (2015) [Sunday First Vespers. ADVENT Wk 2. 2015] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
Divine Office: Vespers II
- Advent – Sundays 1–3 – Second Vespers [Advent. SUN 1-3. II Vespers. 2023. FULL zyx] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat · Benediction / Eucharistic Adoration
- Advent – Week 2 – Sunday – Second Vespers [EWTN Advent. SUN 2. II Vespers. 2020 +] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “O people of Sion, behold, the…” Cf. Is 30: 19, 30
- Communion — Roman Missal “Jerusalem, arise and stand upon the…” Bar 5: 5; 4: 36
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Hear the word of the Lord…” Cf. Jer 31: 10; Is 35: 4
- Communion — Roman Missal “Come, O Lord, visit us in…” Cf. Ps 105: 4-5; Is 38: 3
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Behold, the Lord will come, and…” Cf. Zec 14: 5, 7
- Communion — Roman Missal “The Just Judge will bestow a…” Cf. 2 Tim 4: 8
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “The Lord will come and he…” Cf. Hab 2: 3; 1 Cor 4: 5
- Communion — Roman Missal “Behold, our Lord will come with…” Cf. Is 40: 10; 35: 5
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- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “You, O Lord, are close, and…” Cf. Ps 118: 151-152
- Communion — Roman Missal “Let us live justly and devoutly…” Tit 2: 12-13
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Behold, the Lord will come descending…”
- Communion — Roman Missal “We await a savior, the Lord…” Cf. Phil 3: 20-21
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Come and show us your face…” Cf. Ps 79: 4, 2
- Communion — Roman Missal “Behold, I am coming soon and…” Cf. Rv 22: 12
- Introit — Simple English Propers “PEople of Zion behold, the Lord…” Cf. Is 30: 19, 30
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “YOU will turn toward us, OGod…” Ps 85 (84): 7-8
- Communion — Simple English Propers “A rise, OJerusalem, and stand on…” Bar 5: 5; 4: 36