2nd Sunday of Advent: Communion Antiphon
Baruch 5:5; 4:36
Jerusalem, arise and stand upon the heights,
and behold the joy which comes to you from God.
(Baruch 5:5; 4:36)
Verse 1:
O Jerusalem, glorify the Lord!
O Zion, praise your God!
He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
he has blessed your children within you.
(Psalm 147:12-13)
Verse 2:
He established peace on your borders;
he gives you your fill of finest wheat.
(Psalm 147:14)
Verse 3:
He has not dealt thus with other nations;
he has not taught them his judgements.
(Psalm 147:20)
Verse 4:
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
(Gloria Patri)