Advent Sunday Midday

Returning to God when the Sun of Righteousness is high in the sky. Seeking forgiveness for the morning’s failures and feeling God’s pleasure in one’s faithfulness. Offering prayers of forgiveness for those in need of our forgiving. A time to cease activity and come to rest before God asking for strength for what remains ahead in the day. Peter’s revelation at Joppa [Acts 10]. The early church (Tertullian, St. Cyprian, Hippolytus) ascribed to this hour the darkness into which the world plunged at Christ’s crucifixion - lasting until the ninth hour (None).