The 3rd Sunday in Advent (14 December 2008) is so named from the opening words of the Introit of this day’s Mass:

Gaudete in Domino Semper! Iterum dico, gaudete!
Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I say, rejoice!

Where available, rose-coloured vestments are used, to symbolise the fact that the penitential observances of the season are suspended for the day in order to rejoice in the Redemption which is so near at hand.

[Our annual parish potluck lunch, talent show, raffle and silent auction will take place in the hall after the 10:30 Mass.]