Joy Joy Joy Down in my Heart

The Entrance Antiphon for the liturgy of the Third Sunday in Advent, the texts for which are in the Roman Catholic Lectionary, is, in Latin, a plural imperative verb to rejoice (Gaudete). For this reason today is the Sunday in Advent for particular rejoicing. The advent candle today is often pink instead of purple. The celebration of joy is because of the “nearness of the Lord”. This is an anticipation of the Feast of Christmas, which is the formal liturgical celebration of the Incarnation of the Divine, in the person of Jesus, in the flesh of humanity. That “Joy, joy, joy” Where? ” Down In My Heart” is another expression of the nearness of the in dwelling Spirit.