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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