Audio: Second Sunday of Advent

St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, by Mattia Preti. Public domain.

A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”

Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent by Fr. Stephen Hamilton.

Reading 1 IS 40:1-5, 9-11

Responsorial Psalm PS 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14

Reading 2 2 PT 3:8-14

Alleluia LK 3:4, 6

Gospel MK 1:1-8