First Thursday of Advent

A nation of firm purpose You keep in peace; in peace for its trust in You. Trust in the Lord forever! For the Lord is an eternal Rock. (Isaiah 26: 3-4)

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FIRST SUNDAY of ADVENT - DECEMBER 4, 2025

Prayer for the Advent Wreath

Lord, our God, we praise You for Your Son, Jesus Christ, for He is Emmanuel, the Hope of all people.

He is the Wisdom that teaches and guides us.

He is the Savior of us all.

O Lord,

let your blessing come upon us as we light the first (purple) candle of this wreath.

May the wreath and its light be a sign of Christ's promise of salvation.

May He come quickly and not delay.

We ask this in His holy name. Amen.

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PRAYER FOR THE FIRST WEEK

Father: O Lord, stir up Thy might, we beg Thee, and come that by Thy protection we may deserve to be rescued from the threatening dangers of our sins and saved by Thy deliverance. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

MASS TIMES

Mass 7:00pm

PRAYER TIME IN CHURCH

Church 10:00am - 7:30pm

CONFESSION

Saturday: 3:00pm-3:45pm and 7:30pm

Sunday: 9:45am -10:45am

ROSARY

Pray the Luminous Mysteries.

Pray in Church at 6:30pm

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ADVENT THOUGHTS

“Exiled from the earth, our Lord is born under the earth, for the stable was in a cave. He was the first caveman of recorded history, and there he shook the earth to its very foundations. Because he’s born in a cave, all who wish to see him must be bend, must stoop, the stoop is the mark of humility. The proud refuse to stoop. Therefore they miss divinity. Those, however, who are willing to risk bending their egos to go into that cave, find that they are not in a cave at all; but they are in a universe where sits a babe on his mother’s lap, the babe who made the world.” – Ven. Fulton Sheen.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH

2846 Hubbard Rd, Madison, OH 44057

Mass Readings:

Reading I - Isaiah 26:1-6

On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah:

“A strong city have we;

he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us.

Open up the gates

to let in a nation that is just,

one that keeps faith.

A nation of firm purpose you keep in peace;

in peace, for its trust in you.”

Trust in the LORD forever!

For the LORD is an eternal Rock.

He humbles those in high places,

and the lofty city he brings down;

He tumbles it to the ground,

levels it with the dust.

It is trampled underfoot by the needy,

by the footsteps of the poor.

Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a

R.   (26a) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R.   Alleluia.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,
   for his mercy endures forever.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
   than to trust in man.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
   than to trust in princes.
R.    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R.   Alleluia.
Open to me the gates of justice;
   I will enter them and give thanks to the LORD.
This gate is the LORD’s;
   the just shall enter it.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
   and have been my savior.
R.   Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R.   Alleluia.
O LORD, grant salvation!
   O LORD, grant prosperity!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;
   we bless you from the house of the LORD.
   The LORD is God, and he has given us light.
R.   Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R.   Alleluia.

Gospel - Matthew 7:21, 24-27

Jesus said to his disciples:

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’

will enter the Kingdom of heaven,

but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them

will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

The rain fell, the floods came,

and the winds blew and buffeted the house.

But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.

And everyone who listens to these words of mine

but does not act on them

will be like a fool who built his house on sand.