Advent
In keeping with current [1907] usage, Advent is a duration beginning with the Sunday closest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (30 November) and embracing 4 Sundays. The very first Sunday may be as early as 27 November, and then Advent has twenty-eight days, or as late as 3 December, providing the period just twenty-one days.
With Advent the ecclesiastical year starts in the Western churches. During this time the faithful are admonished to prepare themselves worthily to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord’s coming into the world as the incarnate God of love, therefore to make their souls fitting homes for the Redeemer being available in Holy Communion and through grace, and consequently to make themselves ready for His final coming as judge, at death and at the end of the world.
The post here are therefore meant to help the reader encounter Christ in this very important season.
-
Advent Reminds Us To Stay Awake For You Do Not Know The Time
“Stay Awake! You do not know when the time will come. We’re just a few days away from the start…
Read More » -
The Second Week Of Advent Brings Us To A WIlderness
(By Fr Dexter Brereton, CSSp) Luke 3: 1 – 6 The Word appears in a chaotic world This famous passage…
Read More » -
Advent And The Lives Of The Saints
What do the lives of the saints teach us about Advent? I love reading the lives of the Saints and…
Read More » -
What Does Mary Teach Us About Advent And Christmas?
Mary And Advent As we journey through Advent towards Christmas, many of us are caught up in the hustle and…
Read More » -
Advent – The Season Of Hope
Amidst a time of great turmoil in our world’s history, the Catholic Church presents the world with Advent and the…
Read More » -
Advent Teaches Us To Hope In A World Filled With Despair
[simpleazon-image align=”left” asin=”0814648649″ locale=”us” height=”375″ src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eMlX98lAL.jpg” width=”286″]We are already at the end of the third week of Advent. All through…
Read More » -
The Greatest Advent Lesson Of All Time – Love
Time is going by rather fast isn’t it? We are already into December, and come December 31, we all will…
Read More » -
Advent And Christmas – The True Meaning
The season of Advent is here once more. Contrary to what many think, the season of Christmas does not start…
Read More » -
Catholic And Anglican Communities Unite
The Anglican and Catholic communities come together on a Lenten mission entitled “His mercy endures forever”. The brain child of…
Read More » -
God Speaks In The Wilderness Of Our Lives
(By Fr. Dexter Brereton) “Wilderness” is an apt word to describe much of the chaos and disorder that one finds…
Read More »