Leader: How shall we prepare this house for the coming of God's Royal Son?
People: With branches of cedar, the tree of royalty.
Leader: How shall we prepare this house for the coming of our Savior?
People: With wreaths of holly and ivy, telling of his passion, death, and resurrection.
Leader: How shall we prepare our hearts for the coming of the Son of God?
People: By hearing of Israel's waiting for the Messiah, and feeling our own sense of yearning.
