Family prayer to pray on the second Sunday of Advent

Advent is the beginning of the Liturgical Year, the Sunday, November 28 and ends on December 24. They are known for being the four Sundays before Christmas. This term means the ‘coming’ or ‘coming’ of the Lord.

At the beginning of the family gathering to celebrate the second day of Advent, the crown must have the first candle lit. Remember that the Advent wreath has 3 purple candles and a fourth pink candle.

The family should be gathered in a quiet environment with little light. It is advisable to place an image of the Virgin next to the crown, with a candle at her feet, recommends Aciprensa, the Catholic news agency.

During the celebration, one of the attendees can act as a monitor and another as a reader to lead the prayer and reading, respectively.

Ceremony of the second Sunday of Advent

Everybody: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Monitor: We are going to light the second candle in our crown. The Lord is closer and closer to us and we must prepare ourselves worthily to receive him into our hearts. Let’s take a moment of silence to raise our prayers to the Lord.

Reader: Reading taken from the Gospel according to Luke:

“In the fifteenth year of the empire of Tiberius Caesar, with Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee; Philip, his brother, tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene; in the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, The word of God was addressed to John, son of Zacharias, in the desert. And he went throughout the Jordan region proclaiming a baptism of conversion for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of oracles of the prophet Isaiah: Voice crying in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord, make your paths straight; every ravine will be filled, every mountain and hill will be lowered, the crooked will be straight and the rough roads will be level roads. And all will see the salvation of God. “

Monitor: We must prepare the way of the Lord and this requires us to be internally prepared for the coming of the Lord Jesus, so that we receive him with a reconciled heart, increasingly converted and transformed, capable of loving and giving ourselves to others. Let us make a concrete commitment for this week that will help us to prepare ourselves better and better for his coming. (A moment of silence is left)

While the second candle in the crown is lit, it can be sung.

“Come, come, Lord, do not delay”

Come, come Lord, do not delay; Come, come Lord, we are waiting for You: Come, come Lord, do not delay; Come soon Lord.

The world dies of cold, the soul lost its heat; men are not brothers, the world has no love.

Shrouded in gloomy night, the world without peace does not see, seeking hope, seeking, Lord, your faith.

The world lacks life, the world lacks light, the world lacks heaven, the world lacks You.

Monitor: Let us turn to our Mother so that she may obtain abundant graces for us to help us prepare, in the same way as She did, to receive the Lord Jesus. Let us pray together a Hail Mary.

Everybody: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Thus ends the celebration of the second Sunday of Advent.

What color of candle is lit on the second Sunday of Advent?

Continuing with each of the meanings, the order of lighting the candles is usually as follows:

• Purple the first sunday.
• Verde the second Sunday.
• Red pink the third Sunday.
• White the fourth Sunday of Advent.

Other believers prefer to use three purple candles and one pink one. In addition, they add a fifth white candle. In that case, the order of each Sunday is followed with an explanation behind:

The purple is turned on the first Sunday, as a symbol of hope. It is called the “candle of prophecy”, recalling the prophets who predicted the birth of Jesus. It is also lit the second sunday, but this represents faith and is known as the “candle of Bethlehem.”

This is the meaning of the candles that are lit for Advent wreaths

On the other hand, pink is the third Sunday, symbolizing the joy of the coming of Jesus or the “candle of Shepard”.

It continues with purple on the fourth Sunday to keep in prayer and penance while awaiting the birth of Jesus. It is the “angel’s candle”, as a symbol of peace.

And finally, the white candle is lit, reserved for own Christmas Day, to illuminate the birth of Jesus in purity. It is known as the “candle of Christ.” (I)