{"id":2834,"date":"2020-12-20T01:56:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T01:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2020-12-14T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T12:07:29","slug":"a-celebration-of-the-word-for-the-fourth-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/20\/a-celebration-of-the-word-for-the-fourth-sunday-of-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celebration of the Word for the Fourth Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Advent-4th-sunday-2020.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>4th Sunday of Advent 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Opening Sentence: Psalm 89.<\/li><li>Hymn: \u201cCreator of the Stars of Night\u201d, sung by Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford, CT, Dec 2012; Available in the public domain at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\">Internet Archive<\/a>. <\/li><li>First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, King James Bible. <\/li><li>Canticle: Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956) \u201cMagnificat\u201d, performed at the Church of the Nativity of the BVM alla Mandria, uploaded to YouTube by \u201cCappellaMusicaleBeataVergine\u201d, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.\u00a0 English Text from Luke 1:46-55:\u00a0 \u201c<em>My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.\u00a0 For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name. And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever<\/em>.\u201d <\/li><li>Second Reading: Romans 16:25-27, World English Bible. <\/li><li>Hymn arranged for organ and flute: Franz Schubert \u201cAve Maria\u201d, performed by Sofia Lubyantseva; Uploaded to YouTube by \u201cFluteMasters\u201d, and used in accordance with Creative Commons license. \u00a0<\/li><li>Gospel: Luke 1:26-38, World English Bible. <\/li><li>The Lord\u2019s Prayer: From Luke.<\/li><li>Blessing: 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Corinthians 13. <\/li><li>Organ postlude: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) \u201cMeine Seele Erhebt den Herren\u201d, Bwv 648. Performed at Jacobikerk Utrecht, uploaded to YouTube by Koos van \u2018t Hul, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bible passages were recorded by <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\">Librivox<\/a>, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known. <\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening Sentence: Psalm 89. Hymn: \u201cCreator of the Stars of Night\u201d, sung by Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford, CT, Dec 2012; Available in the public domain at the Internet Archive. First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, King James Bible. Canticle: Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956) \u201cMagnificat\u201d, performed at the Church of the Nativity of the BVM alla [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,65,27],"tags":[1298,309,677,1297,1172,1296,669,1202,1216,1281],"class_list":["post-2834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts-and-seasons","category-music","category-underground-church","tag-ave-maria","tag-advent","tag-feasts-and-seasons","tag-franz-schubert","tag-johann-sebastian-bach","tag-lorenzo-perosi","tag-magnificat","tag-revised-common-lectionary","tag-virtual-church-service","tag-year-b"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2836,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}