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Sunday, December 17, 2028

RoseAdvent · Week 3

Third Sunday of Advent

Sunday

Gaudete Sunday (“Rejoice!”): the midpoint of Advent, when rose vestments may be worn because the Lord is near.

Readings of the day

Joyful Mysteries

First Mystery: The Annunciation

On the Sundays of Advent many pray the Joyful Mysteries, keeping the season’s focus on the coming and birth of Christ.

The Annunciation card
“Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.”Luke 1:38

The angel Gabriel is sent by God to a virgin of Nazareth named Mary and tells her she will conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit and bear a Son, who will be called the Son of the Most High. Mary gives her humble, free consent.

Fruit of the mystery: Humility

“O Wisdom” — the O Antiphon for December 17

O Wisdom, who came forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly: come, and teach us the way of prudence.

Roman Breviary, Magnificat antiphon (translated for this app)

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This day’s five mysteries (Joyful Mysteries)

  1. The Annunciation
  2. The Visitation
  3. The Nativity
  4. The Presentation
  5. The Finding in the Temple

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Liturgical calendar for the dioceses of the USA (General Roman Calendar and U.S. proper), checked against the USCCB liturgical calendar. Readings: citations from the U.S. Lectionary for Mass, text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (public domain).

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