{"id":4609,"date":"2008-11-30T00:10:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/first-sunday-of-advent.html"},"modified":"2008-11-30T00:10:49","modified_gmt":"2008-11-30T00:10:49","slug":"first-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/first-sunday-of-advent.html","title":{"rendered":"First Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"+2\">A<\/font>lmighty God, give us grace to cast away the<br \/>\nworks of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of<br \/>\nthis mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in<br \/>\ngreat humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his<br \/>\nglorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to<br \/>\nthe life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the<br \/>\nHoly Spirit, one God, now and for ever. 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