The third Advent candle is that of proclamation … which reminds us of our responsibility to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Sometimes a pink candle is used for the third candle to symbolize the great joy felt at the proclaiming of the news.
The angels gave the news to the shepherds who went to Bethlehem to see for themselves. Their reaction was to tell everyone they met what they had seen and heard. The tidings the angels brought were not only for the shepherds, not only for Israel, but for the whole world.
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born! -John W. Work, Jr. 1872-1925
Glad to hear another version of the readings for the Third Sunday. The woman who read today went on and on (the reading did) both Scripture and commentary. I didn’t hear half of it from my place in the back of the choir. Guess each minister/ministerial team decided which/what to read, huh? Our organist DID play a version of “Go Tell it on the Mountain.”