Pray, believe and be filled with joyful expectation, for belief is a positive and draws out the best, writes columnist-Vigorito.

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And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. Text from The Book of Common Prayer, ...