one of the unimpeded days during the week. In addition, one of the two choices in Divine Worship: The Missal for the Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent begins with the words, "Stir up our hearts, O Lord." The other collect option on the Second Sunday in Advent is the more famous "Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" collect, which some pastors are likely to prefer. But Christmas pudding is important, and yet another possibility for reminding the cooks was provided: the Collect for Ember Friday in Advent, which in the Ordinariates occurs on the Friday in the first week of Advent, begins "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy power." In the Episcopal Church in the United States, the collect appointed for the Third Sunday of Advent in the Book of Common Prayer (1979) begins with the phrase "stir up your power O Lord." Thus, in many Episcopal Churches, the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday, is referred to as "Stir-up Sunday." Marion J. Hatchett in his definitive work "Commentary on the American Prayer Book," notes that in the Pre-Reformation English Sarum Rite, collects for four of the last five Sundays before Christmas began with the word "excita" or "stir up." A similar collect to the one appointed in the BCP 1979 appears in the recent book authorized for use in the Church of England, "Common Worship", appointed for the Second Sunday of Advent, but the phrase "raise up" is used instead. Dates 2020: 22 November 2021: 21 November 2022: 20 November 2023: 26 November 2024: 24 November See also Advent Sunday Gaudete Sunday Totensonntag References External links Stir Up Sunday Christmas pudding’s Stir Up Sunday – Head Chef Rob Kirby Stir Up Sunday at CatholicCulture.org Advent Anglicanism English folklore Christian Sunday observances November observances