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Second Sunday of Advent Today we relight the candle of HOPE. Now we light the candle for the second Sunday in Advent. This is the candle of PEACE. As we prepare for the coming of Jesus, we remember that Jesus is our hope and our peace. From the prophet Isaiah: “For a child has been…http://www.jesuscreed.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/blue-jeans-018.thumbnail.jpg