Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

'Uton awurpan þeostra weorc, and beon ymbscrydde mid leohtes wæpnum.'
(Let us cast away the works of darkness, and be clothed with the weapons of light.)

An Anglo-Saxon sermon for the First Sunday of Advent:https://t.co/tcBt7L0Y5m pic.twitter.com/cVWHuVLRb8

— Eleanor Parker (@ClerkofOxford) November 30, 2025

The Lord sets the prisoners free;
    the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
    the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the sojourners,
    he upholds the widow and the fatherless;
    but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

The Lord will reign for ever,
    thy God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!

–Psalm 146: 7c-10

"This holy feast which now we celebrate …"

John Cosin describing Advent Sunday, in a 1626 sermon. pic.twitter.com/emVnaPgod8

— laudablePractice (@cath_cov) November 30, 2025