Readings for Celebrating Advent

¹ My soul, bless the Lord!
Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with majesty and splendor.^(A)
2 He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,^(B)
3 laying the beams of his palace
on the waters above,^(C)
making the clouds his chariot,^(D)
walking on the wings of the wind,^(E)
4 and making the winds his messengers,^[a]
flames of fire his servants.^(F)