Readings for Celebrating Advent

⁶⁸ “Let us thank the Lord God of Israel. He has bought His people and made them free. ⁶⁹ He has raised up from the family of David One Who saves people from the punishment of their sins. ⁷⁰ His holy early preachers told us this long ago. ⁷¹ God told us that we should be saved from those who hate us and from all those who work against us. ⁷² He would show loving-kindness to our early fathers. He would remember His holy promise. ⁷³ God promised this to our early father Abraham. ⁷⁴ He promised that we would be saved from those who hate us and that we might worship Him without being afraid. ⁷⁵ We can be holy and right with God all the days of our life.

⁷⁶ “And you, my son, will be the one who speaks for the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to make the way ready for Him. ⁷⁷ You will tell His people how to be saved from the punishment of sin by being forgiven of their sins. ⁷⁸ Because the heart of our God is full of loving-kindness for us, a light from heaven will shine on us. ⁷⁹ It will give light to those who live in darkness and are under the shadow of death. It will lead our feet in the way of peace.”