December 3, 2023 The First Sunday of Advent

<p>&nbsp;<strong>ST. PETER’S BY-THE-SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH </strong>72 Central Street | Narragansett, RI 02882 | 401.783.4623 | www.stpetersbythesea.com&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<strong>Entrance Hymn #57 <em>Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #454 <em>Jesus Came, Adored By Angels&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Offertory Anthem <em>Waiting For A King (Martin)&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>Creator of the Stars of Night&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Post-Communion Hymn #73 <em>The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <em>Amen.&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FIRST READING <em>Isaiah 64:1-9&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence--as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil--to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. We have all become like one who is unclean,