Advent Week 1: The Candle of Hope ~ First Sunday of Advent Prayers and ReadingsAdvent Week 2: The Candle of Peace ~ Second Sunday of Advent Prayers and ReadingsAdvent Week 3: The Candle of Joy ~ Third Sunday of Advent Prayers and ReadingsAdvent Week 4: The Candle of Love ~ Fourth Sunda...
This question came up when I ran into friend from church on the ferry last week. “What are we supposed do if they begin to round up the most vulnerable in our midst?” she asked. “Join hands to block their way with our bodies?” The strangeness of such a hypothetical even being as...
The First Sunday of Advent, the start of a four-week observation beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, takes place on December 3 this year. Derived from the Latin word for arrival —“adventus” — Advent is observed by Christian denominations worldwide to mark the start of the ...
Advent calendars range between 22 and 28 days, depending on the day of the week for Christmas. We count down to the celebration of the first Advent because we have a set day on the calendar since it has already occurred. We commemorate the birth of Jesus on December 25. Although it’s...
Jean has provided four weeks of quieting devotionals, offering a perfect start for each day. Each week has its own theme: 1) Preparation, 2) Pause, 3) Ponder, and 4) Promise. Each reading includes a brief devotional, appropriate scriptures, well-chosen quotes, suggestions for a more meani...
According to Saint Gregory of Tours the celebration of Advent began in the fifth century when the Bishop Perpetuus directed that starting with the St. Martin's Day on 11 November until Christmas, one fasts three times per week; this is why Advent was sometimes also named "Lent of St. Mart...
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The Advent calendar is a key part of the Advent customs, helping Christians count the day until Christmas Eve. Over the years, it has become a part of the Christmas celebrations, widely used worldwide. The traditional Advent four-week season begins four weeks and Sundays before Christmas. It...
These included: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost. Dr. Demarest talked excitedly about how the seasons of the Church Year could enrich the worship of a church as well as one’s private devotions. I had never heard anything like this. I was intrigued, but...
and the followingweekthe first and second candles are lit, and so on. The tradition, which began in the 19th century but had roots in the 16th, originally involved a fir wreath with 24 candles (the 24 days before Christmas, starting December 1), but the awkwardness of having so many can...