We’re nearer now to Christmas than we were at the dawn of Advent, and we are nearer now to Christ’s second coming than when we first believed.

May the words of this Advent hymn refresh your heart and help you to turn your eyes to Jesus in worship and in hope:

O come, divine Messiah;
The world in silence waits the day
When hope shall sing its triumph
And sadness flee away.

Dear Savior, haste! Come, come to earth.
Dispel the night and show your face,
and bid us hail the dawn of grace.
O come, divine Messiah;
the world in silence waits the day
when hope shall sing its triumph
and sadness flee away.

O Christ, whom nations sigh for,
Whom priest and prophet long foretold,
Come, break the captive’s fetters,
Redeem the long-lost fold.

You come in peace and meekness
And lowly will your cradle be;
All clothed in human weakness
Shall we your Godhead see.

-Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

This Sunday, we’ll rejoice and long with resurrection hope from John 20. We hope you’ll join us and consider inviting a friend to join you.

With love and prayer,

Ben