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Sunday Worship: The Candle of Faith

The Candle of Faith

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A live service for the second Sunday in Advent from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.

On the second Sunday in Advent, the Very Rev Gerwyn Capon reflects on a time of preparation and journeying in a live service from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.

The lighting of the second candle on the Advent wreath symbolises a time of faith and preparation, marking the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.  Canon Edwin Counsell leads a live service from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, in which the Dean, the Very Rev. Gerwyn Capon reflects on how the season of Advent addresses where we are on our own spiritual journeys.  Music from the cathedral choir directed by Stephen Moore includes Christ be our Light (Farrell); Hills of the north, rejoice (Little Cornard); Christ is the world's true light (Nun Danket); We wait for thy loving kindness, O God (William McKie); Tua Bethlem dref (David Evans arr. Geoffrey Webber);   Zion, at thy shining gates (Bohemian Carol arr. George Guest); Thou Shalt Know Him (anon).
Organist: David Geoffrey Thomas.
Producer: Karen Walker.

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