Feast of the Epiphany

We Three Kings of Orient Are - Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

"O God, Who by the guidance of a star didst this day reveal Thine only-begotten Son to the Gentiles, mercifully grant that we, who know Thee now by faith, may be so led as to behold with our eyes the beauty of Thy majesty. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen."

~Collect for the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The First Sunday of Advent

Robert Shaw Chamber Singers  -  "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"

Today's Gospel Reading (Mk 13:33-37)

Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is.  Even as a man who going into a far country, left his house; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore, (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning,)  Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.  And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.