We use the Revised Common Lectionary, a list of Bible readings used by many churches and denominations around the world.
The specific readings, the reflection that begins our worship, and a guiding question for this season are below.
2022 Advent Lectionary: Sleepers Wake
Christ climbed down
from His bare Tree
this year
and softly stole away into
some anonymous Mary’s womb again
where in the darkest night
of everybody’s anonymous soul
He awaits again
an unimaginable
and impossibly
Immaculate Reconception
the very craziest
of Second Comings
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, from A Coney Island of the Mind
What are we waking for?
Readings are available on the internet at https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//