The first Sunday of Advent

First Reading: Isaiah 63.16b-17; 64.1, 3-8: O that you would tear open the heavens and come down.

Responsorial Psalm: 80. 1ac+2b, 14-15, 17-18 (R. 3)  

Response:

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 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1.3-9: Jesus Christ our Lord is the revelation we long for.

Gospel Acclamation:

Gospel: Mark 13.31-37: Be alert, for you do not know when the Lord will come.

Motet: Audivi vocem – Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

Audivi vocem de caelo venientem:              
venite omnes virgines sapientissime;     
            Oleum recondite in vasis venstis      
            dum sponsus advenerit.                    

Media nocte clamor factus est:            
ecce sponsus venit.                   
            Oleum recondite in vasis venstis  
dum sponsus advenerit.

I heard a voice coming from heaven:
come all you wisest virgins;
            fill your vessels with oil,
            for the bridegroom is coming. 

In the middle of the night there was a cry:
behold the bridegroom comes.
            fill your vessels with oil,
for the bridegroom is coming.

[Sarum Breviary:  8th Responsory at Matins of All Saints (cf Matthew 25.4-6)]

Angus Gordon