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Year B, Advent, First Sunday

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Readings

First Reading:	Isaiah 64:1-9
Psalm:	Psalm 80:1-7 ; Psalm 80:17-19
Second Reading:	1 Corinthians 1:3-9
Gospel:	Mark 13:24-37

Hymns

These hymns have been hand-selected by a Hymnary editor as corresponding to this lectionary week.

Hymns Recommended by Experts

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Relates to first and second Advent expressed in Isaiah 64 and Mark 13

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #81 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #286.

Prepare the Way of the Lord

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #95 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #58.

O God of Every Nation

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #756.

Come, Thou long expected Jesus

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #56.

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #39 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #348.

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #61.

Soon and Very Soon

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #384 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #482.

Savior of the Nations, Come

This is recommended for Year B, Advent, First Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes.

Recommendations for Isaiah 64:1-9

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

This is recommended for Isaiah 64:8 by 19 hymnal scripture indexes including African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #345, Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #737, and Trinity Psalter Hymnal #533.

Recommendations for Psalm 80:1-7

The Church's Prayer under Affliction; or, The Vineyard of God Wasted

This is recommended for Psalm 80 by 16 hymnal scripture indexes.

Recommendations for Psalm 80:17-19

The Church's Prayer under Affliction; or, The Vineyard of God Wasted

This is recommended for Psalm 80 by 16 hymnal scripture indexes.

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