Last year’s plain candles, revealed a week at a time, on one side; this year’s added, week by week, on the other side. The sunrise was a bonus.
Like the sun in the morning sky,
(COMMON WORSHIP Morning Prayer, Advent: antiphon to Benedictus)
the Saviour of the world will dawn;
like rain upon the meadows,
the Christ will come down upon us.
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