Readings for Celebrating Advent

¹ Call Him good, my soul, and praise the Eternal.
    I am here to declare my affection for You, Eternal One, my God.
You are indeed great—
    You who are wrapped in glory and dressed in greatness.
² For covering, You choose light—Your clothes, sunset and moonrise.
    For a tent, You stretch out the heavens; for Your roof, You pitch the sky.
³ Your upper chamber is built on beams that lie in the waters overhead,
    and the clouds, Your chariot;
    You are held aloft by the wind.
⁴ You make Your messengers like the winds;
    the breeze whispers Your words,
    Your servants are like the fire and flame.