With the season of Advent 2023 already underway ... enter into the season with daily activity and prayer suggestions to prepare you spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ," says the website ...

Sponsor Message One way to observe expanded Advent is for each Sunday of the seven weeks to focus on one of the O Antiphons images, which expands God-talk beyond the exclusively masculine imagery ...

The season of Advent evokes images of wreaths and lighted candles in Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal and other liturgical, mainline churches preparing for Christmas.Maybe the Advent calendar - with ...

Many Catholic publishers and ministries now offer an Advent prayer companion that can be used to focus on preparing spiritually for the coming of Christ (see resources at EWTNRC.com). Another ...

What is Advent? As Christians, Advent is a special time to prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We Christians know that Jesus will return. We prepare for that glorious day. During Advent ...

Christmas celebrates Jesus' birth - so the Advent period reminds Christians to remember and prepare for those celebrations ... traditionally would have had images that tell the story of the ...

Christianity.com says early Advent was about new believers preparing for baptism and looking to Epiphany. By the sixth century, Advent was looking to Christ's return. And in the Middle Ages ...

My family has celebrated Advent using calendars for generations. First, beautiful paper calendars with images hidden inside to chocolate candy calendars, and today, our favorite Advent calendar is ...