First Sunday of Advent

For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he wil be called

Wonderful Counselor,

Mighty God,

Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;

from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him --

the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and of power,

the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord --

and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 11:1-3a