Fourth Week of Advent
Violet
In Advent
About this day
The Fourth Sunday of Advent always falls in the last days before Christmas. Its Gospel tells of the events that immediately prepared for the Lord's birth: the message of the angel to Joseph, the Annunciation to Mary, or the Visitation, depending on the year.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Sun 20 Dec 2026 — Year B · I
- Sun 20 – Thu 24 Dec 2026
Music
Mass
- Advent – Sundays 1–4 – Propers (Organ) [1. ADVENT 1-91] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · 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
Divine Office: Vespers I
- Advent – Week 4 – Sunday – First Vespers [ADV 1 Vesp Sun IV. 2015] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
Divine Office: Vespers II
- Advent – Week 4 – Sunday – Second Vespers [+EWTN Advent. SUN 4. II Vespers. 2020 ++++] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat
From the Missal
- Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Drop down dew from above, you…” Cf. Is 45: 8
- Communion — Roman Missal “Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and…” Is 7: 14
- Introit — Simple English Propers “SKies, let the Just One come…” Is 45: 8
- Offertory — Simple English Propers “HAil Mary, full of grace, the…” Lk 1: 28
- Communion — Simple English Propers “BEhold, a Virgin shall conceive and…” Is. 7: 14