Dear Fellow Parishioners,

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Are you ready for Advent? I hope so because it begins this Sunday! The songs this week should be mostly familiar. The opening song is one we introduced for Advent four years ago (The King Shall Come https://youtu.be/B6pquFuGhTU) The other that is less familiar is ‘Turn to Me’ which the choir sang this year for the first time on Ash Wednesday https://youtu.be/0FDphUBRsA4. The words for these songs and all others for this week can be found in this attachment.

The Gospel this week asks us to be watchful so I chose the next two songs to share:

‘Be Watchful and Ready’ sung by Andi Kitten and Madeline Powell   https://youtu.be/O6qTrqAyFkA

A more upbeat take on the subject is ‘Be Watchful’ by Gretchen Harris  https://youtu.be/D0iPILh8y5s

The next is an Advent song by Christy Nockels titled ‘The Thrill of Hope’  https://youtu.be/gNuY6I4OtoE

‘Wait for the Lord’ a Taizé hymn by Jacques Berthier https://youtu.be/s7GexIvX8HU

And my last link for this week is an interesting and beautiful version of an old standard for Advent ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ sung by Anna Hawkins, filmed in Israel and sung in both English and Hebrew. If you click on “Show More” below the title, you can see the lyrics in both languages.  https://youtu.be/MD-jBLZSZNU

I wish you and yours a blessed beginning to Advent. May God keep you safe and healthy throughout the holiday season.

Janis Cantú