2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B

Entrance

• Advent Song—GA 281
• A voice cries out—G 416, GA 278
• Christ, be our light—AOV2 3, CWBII 540, G 590, GA 404
• City of God—AOV1 57, CWBII 453, G 766, GA 498
• On Jordan’s bank—CWB 780, CWBII 244, G 418
• Prepare! Prepare! (Pishner)—G 398, DD (GIA)
• Prepare the way—CWBII 250, GA 284
• Saviour of the nations, come—CWBII 246
• Wake, O wake, and sleep no longer—GA 282
• Wake, O wake! the night is dying!—CWBII 252

Responsorial psalm (see also music overview for Advent) 

• Psalm 84 (85): Lord, let us see your kindness (Haugen)—G 62, GA 49
• Psalm 84 (85): Lord, let us see your kindness (Willcock)—PFS 4
• Common Psalm 24 (25): To you, O Lord (Willcock)—CWBII 632, GA 26, PFS 2

Gospel acclamation

Luke 3:4, 6

Alleluia, Alleluia!
Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths:
all people shall see the salvation of God.
Alleluia!

Procession of the gifts/offertory 

• Advent Litany—CWBII 253, GA 279
• A Trusting Psalm—AOV1 115, CWBII 293, GA 455
• God of Abraham—AOV1 137, GA 306
• Wait for the Lord (Taizé)—CWBII 251, G 406, GA 283

Communion

• Bread of life, hope of the world—AOV1 164, CWBII 459, GA 199
• Centre of my life—AOV2 170, G 679, GA 444
• Eat this bread (Taizé)—AOV1 125, CWBII 484, G 941, GA 205
• Gift of finest wheat/You satisfy the hungry heart—CWB 685, CWBII 651, G 940, GA 191
• I am the bread of life (Toolan)—AOV1 49, CWB 718, CWBII 508, G 945, GA 204
• My soul in stillness waits—CWBII 237, G 415, GA 280
• Return to God—CWBII 298, G 478, GA 304
• Unless a grain of wheat—AOV1 35, CWBII 635, G 783, GA 500
• Your love is finer than life (Haugen)—CWBII 567, G 58, GA 43, DD (GIA)

Thanksgiving hymn/song/canticle (optional, sung by all)

• Grant to us, O Lord—CWB 698, CWBII 291, GA 303
• Open the heavens—AOV2 163, CWBII 243
• Your light will come, Jerusalem (Hurd)—DD (OCP)

Sending forth

• Bring forth the kingdom—AOV2 4, CWBII 647, G 734, GA 478
• Love divine, all loves excelling—CWB 740, CWBII 552, G 641, GA 463
• The voice of God—CWB 835, CWBII 621, GA 476