An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Joyful Mystery #2: Visitation, James B. Janknegt - Source
Listen: Reign of Mercy, The Porter’s Gate [feat.Paul Zach & Lauren Plank Goans] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Micah 5:2-5a; Psalm 80:1-7; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Fourth Sunday in Advent
Do: Pray silently in a public place.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Annunciation (2019), Ivanka Demchuk - Source | H\T
Listen: Canticle of the Turning, Emmaus Way - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Zechariah 4:1–14, Psalm 50, Revelation 4:9–5:5, Matthew 25:1–13
Pray: From Psalm 50:14-15
Do: Prepare to worship God through the O Antiphons of Advent .
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Innocence Project Client Rosa Jimenez Released After 17 Years in Prison for a Crime She Did Not Commit | Rosa Jimenez and her attorney Vanessa Potkin following her release on Jan. 27, 2021, Robin Jerstad for the AP/Innocence Project - Source
Listen: Isaiah (O Come), The Porter’s Gate [feat. Paul Zach, Liz Vice & Page CXVI] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Zechariah 3:1–10; Psalm 119:49-72; Revelation 4:1–8; Matthew 24:45–51
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Prayers of the People (Form VI)
Do: Support Innocence Project.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: The Day Before Christmas, Carl Larsson - Source
Listen: Every Valley (It’s Hard to Wait), Rain for Roots [feat. Flo Oakes] - Bandcamp w/ lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 45 - 48; Zechariah 2:1-13; Revelation 3:14-22; Matthew 24:32-44
Pray: From Revelation 3:20
Do: Fill a grocery bag with good food or beverages and leave it at a neighbor’s door today.
Read MoreLook: Chart-Like Composite Photographs Show the Progression of the 2019 Solar Eclipse, Dan Marker-Moore - Source
Listen: Night, pt. 2: Midnight , George Winston- Spotify| YouTube
Read: Psalm 41, 52; Zechariah 1:7-17; Revelation 3:7-13; Matthew 24:15-31
Pray: From Revelation 3:8
Do: Fill your doors & windows with light today.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, the Young John the Baptist and Two Angels (also known as 'The Large Holy Family'), Raphael - Source
Listen: Benedictus, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Nicholas Chambers & Page CXVI] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6, Philippians 4:4-7, Luke 3:7-18
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Third Sunday in Advent
Do: Fill your house with fragrance today!
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: And All the Air a Solemn Silence Holds, Joseph Farquharson - Source
Listen: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Caitelen - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 30, 32; Haggai 2:1-9; Revelation 3:1-6; Matthew 24:1-14
Pray & Do: Selah pause & Prayer of Examen
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Jerusalem! Jerusalem!, Arcabas - Source
Listen: Of the Father’s Love Begotten, Fernando Ortega - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 31; Haggai 1:1-15; Revelation 2:18-29; Matthew 23:27-39
Pray: From Psalm 31:1-2
Do: Spend time sitting in the darkness today. Try going without electric lights and other technology this evening.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pietro Annigoni - Source
Listen: Mvmt. 1: “Rejoice! Rejoice!”, The Oh Hellos. - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 37, Amos 9:1-10; Revelation 2:8-17; Matthew 23:13-26
Pray: The Lord’s Prayer
Do: Spend time and energy secretly blessing someone else today.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City on May 13, 2021, Hatem Moussa / AP - Source
Listen: In A Land by Death O’ershadowed, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Paul Zach & Page CXVI] - Lyrics & Score | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 38; Amos 8:1-14; Revelation 1:17-2:7; Matthew 23:1-12
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Prayers of the People (Form VI)
Do: Purchase Hand-Stitched Peace Dolls made by a community of Israeli and Palestinian women working together for unity and peace.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Annunciation and Resurrection, Matthias Grünewald - Source
Listen: Messiah: Part the Third: No. 46 Chorus: Since by man came death, Georg Friedrich Händel, Robert Shaw - Text | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 26, 28; Amos 7:10-17; Revelation 1:9-16; Matthew 22:34-46
Pray: Prayer of thanks for Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
Do: Celebrate Saint Nicholas!
Read MoreLook: The Last Night of Chanukah, Tamelyn Feinstein - Source
Listen: Shalom Chaverim (“peace, my friends, until we meet again”), Portland Cello Project - Text | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 25; Amos 7:1-9; Revelation 1:1-8; Matthew 22:23-33
Pray: From Psalm 25
Do: Wish a Happy Hannukah to all of your Jewish neighbors and friends.
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Look: John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Geertgen - Source
Listen: Make A Way, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Paul Zach & Liz Vice] - Spotify | YouTube | Lyrics & Score
Read: Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:67-79, Philippians 1:3-11, Luke 3:1-6
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Second Sunday in Advent
Do: Attend a live performance or listen to a quality recording of Handel's Messiah (especially Part 1).
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Circle of Light, Tim Lowly - Source
Listen: Gloria, Gloria, Jess Ray. - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 16, 17; Psalm 22; Amos 5:1-17; Jude 1-16; Matthew 22:1-14
Pray: The Lord's Prayer
Do: If you own more than one nativity set, consider combining them all into a caravan.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: The Expectation, Richard Oelze - Source
Listen: TThe Lord is Coming, Scott Mulvahill - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 18:1-20, Amos 4:6-13; 2 Peter 3:11-18; Matthew 21:33-46
Pray: source
Do: Give a simple gift to someone today. Give thanks to friends, neighbors, church family, and co-workers.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Haitian migrants cross the Rio Grande back into Mexico from Del Rio, Texas, on September 20, 2021.
John Moore / Getty - Source
Listen: See the Traveler, Sara & Ruby Groves - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 119:1-24, Amos 3:12-4:5; 2 Peter 3:1-10; Matthew 21:23-32
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Prayers of the People (Form VI)
Do: Stand with Haitian migrants.
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An Advent Daybook Meditation for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Masdan Mo Ang Kalikasan (“Look at the surroundings”), Edgar “Egai” Fernandez - Source
Listen: What Child Is This?, Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning, and John Fitzpatrick - Lyrics | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 5, 6; Amos 3:1-11; 2 Peter 1:12-21; Matthew 21:12-22
Pray: From Psalm 5:1-3 (CEV)
Do: Choose a Psalm from one of the daily readings, or another that is meaningful to memorize during Advent.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: The Prophet Amos, Barry Moser - Source
Listen: Messiah: Part the First: No. 10 Recitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, George Frideric Handel, Robert Shaw Orchestra - Text | Spotify | YouTube
Read: Psalm 1, 2, 3, Amos 1:1-2, 2:6-16; 2 Peter 1:1-11; Matthew 21:1-11
Pray: From 2 Peter 1:10-11
Do: As you read today's Scripture passages, pay attention to what word or short phrase especially stirs your heart.
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An Advent daybook for these weeks of prayerful expectation.
Look: Monumental painting, Cathedral of Saint Malo, Augustin Frison-Roche - Source
Listen: He Comes, The Porter’s Gate [feat. Molly Parden & Jonathan Ogden] - Spotify | YouTube
Read: Jeremiah 33:14-16, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Luke 21:25-36
Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for First Sunday in Advent
Do: Enjoy a slow, steady increase of light as Christmas approaches.
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