First Sunday Advent Mass with Archbishop

First Sunday of Advent Mass

11:00 a.m.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrates the 11:00 a.m. Mass on the First Sunday of Advent. The Mass will be livestreamed on this website.

The first Sunday of Advent is the start of a new liturgical year. And the season of Advent is four weeks of preparation for the feast of Christmas and the incarnation of God in Christ.

The scripture readings for the first Sunday of Advent are here:

Reading 1  -  Jeremiah 33:14-16

The days are coming, says the LORD,
when I will fulfill the promise
I made to the house of Israel and Judah.
In those days, in that time,
I will raise up for David a just shoot ;
he shall do what is right and just in the land.
In those days Judah shall be safe
and Jerusalem shall dwell secure;
this is what they shall call her:
“The LORD our justice.”

Reading 2  -  1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2

Brothers and sisters:
May the Lord make you increase and abound in love
for one another and for all,
just as we have for you,
so as to strengthen your hearts,
to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father
at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen.

Finally, brothers and sisters,
we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that,
as you received from us
how you should conduct yourselves to please God
and as you are conducting yourselves
you do so even more.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Gospel Reading -   Luke 21:25-28, 34-36

Jesus said to his disciples:
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars,
and on earth nations will be in dismay,
perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
People will die of fright
in anticipation of what is coming upon the world,
for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
And then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
But when these signs begin to happen,
stand erect and raise your heads
because your redemption is at hand.

“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy
from carousing and drunkenness
and the anxieties of daily life,
and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.
For that day will assault everyone
who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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The liturgical year is made up of six seasons

• ◾ Advent - four weeks of preparation before the celebration of Jesus' birth. 
• ◾ Christmas - recalling the Nativity of Jesus Christ and his manifestation to the peoples of the world. 
• ◾ Lent - a six-week period of penance before Easter. 
• ◾ Sacred Paschal Triduum - the holiest "Three Days" of the Church's year, where the Christian people recall the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus. 
• ◾ Easter - 50 days of joyful celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead and his sending forth of the Holy Spirit. 
• ◾ Ordinary Time - divided into two sections (one span of 4-8 weeks after Christmas Time and another lasting about six months after Easter Time), wherein the faithful consider the fullness of Jesus' teachings and works among his people