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    This document outlines the readings and themes for the Second Sunday of Advent. It discusses how John the Baptist calls the people to prepare for the coming of the Lord by repenting from their sins. The first reading speaks of Jerusalem being restored. The second reading calls for unity in witnessing to Christ. The Gospel passage describes John the Baptist's message of preparing for God's salvation by repenting from sins. The document provides prayers and a reflection about how Christ strips away what is unnecessary to reveal our true worth and heal our wounds.

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    This document outlines the readings and themes for the Second Sunday of Advent. It discusses how John the Baptist calls the people to prepare for the coming of the Lord by repenting from their sins. The first reading speaks of Jerusalem being restored. The second reading calls for unity in witnessing to Christ. The Gospel passage describes John the Baptist's message of preparing for God's salvation by repenting from sins. The document provides prayers and a reflection about how Christ strips away what is unnecessary to reveal our true worth and heal our wounds.

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    This document outlines the readings and themes for the Second Sunday of Advent. It discusses how John the Baptist calls the people to prepare for the coming of the Lord by repenting from their sins. The first reading speaks of Jerusalem being restored. The second reading calls for unity in witnessing to Christ. The Gospel passage describes John the Baptist's message of preparing for God's salvation by repenting from sins. The document provides prayers and a reflection about how Christ strips away what is unnecessary to reveal our true worth and heal our wounds.

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    SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

    Preparing a way for the Lord

    INTRODUCTION AND CONFITEOR

    Even though the sun may be shining brightly and warmly outside, unless you
    pull back the blinds it will not be able to fill your house. In today's liturgy we
    hear the lonely but insistent voice of John the Baptist urging us to 'prepare a
    way for the Lord'.

    Christ has come into our world, and he will come to us during this Eucharist.
    Let us pause to prepare our hearts and minds to receive him. (Pause).

    Lord Jesus, you come to reconcile us to one another and to the Father.
    Lord, have mercy.

    Lord Jesus, you heal the wounds of sin and division.


    Christ, have mercy.

    Lord Jesus, you intercede for us with your Father.


    Lord, have mercy.

    HEADINGS FOR READINGS

    First Reading (Baruch 5:1-9).


    Jerusalem is told that she can forget the sufferings of the past. She will know
    the joy of seeing her exiled children restored to her. God will level out a
    highway to facilitate their return.

    Second Reading (Philippians 1:3-6, 8-11).


    The central message of this reading is a call for unity, perseverance and
    unwavering witness to Christ and the Gospel. At the same time Paul's love for
    his fellow Christians shines through.

    Gospel (Luke 3:1-6).


    This tells about the appearance on the scene of John the Baptist. The heart of
    John's message is that God is coming to save his people. The people are
    urged to prepare a way for him through repentance.

    PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

    Let us pray to God our Father that he will help us to remove those obstacles
    to the healing work of Christ which exist in our lives and in our world.
    R. Lord, graciously hear us.

    For the Church: that it may be a sign of unity and an instrument of peace for
    all the world.
    (Pause). Lord, hear us.
    For all doctors, nurses and all those whose task it is to care for the sick and
    the wounded: that God may give them sensitive hands and compassionate
    hearts.
    (Pause). Lord, hear us.

    For those who are broken by sorrow and suffering, and for all those who are
    victims of violence or exploitation.
    (Pause). Lord, hear us.

    That through our work and co-operation with others we may continue Christ's
    work of saving and restoring the world.
    (Pause). Lord, hear us.

    For local needs.

    Let us pray:

    Lord God, you have prepared fitting remedies for our weakness; grant that we
    may reach out gladly for your healing grace, and thereby live in accordance
    with your will. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

    COMMUNION REFLECTION

    By now winter has stripped the trees of their leaves.


    How poor and bare they look. .
    All their flaws are plain to be seen.

    Yet it is only when a tree has thus been stripped


    that we can see and appreciate its true shape. •
    Nothing can hide in it.
    The sunlight pours through it.
    And how lovely it is.
    to be able to look through its skeletal branches
    to the blue sky beyond.

    It is the same with ourselves.


    When we have been stripped of all inessentials,
    of all the flimsy things we use to hide our nakedness,
    then all our warts and wounds appear.
    At the same time,
    it is only when all that is unimportant has been taken away
    that our true worth is revealed.

    Christ comes to strip us of all that is useless,


    to expose our wounds so that he can heal them,
    and to reveal to us our true dignity
    as sons and daughters of the Father.
    Thus God's light can pour into the world,
    and we are able to look through it to the world beyond —
    the world of the eternal.

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