Me and My Boys: Happy Advent!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Happy Advent!

November 30th is the first Sunday of Advent. This is my favorite season of the liturgical year. For those of you who don't know what Advent is, I will give you a quick description (thanks to Wikipedia for some of the details)...

Advent is the first season of the liturgical year and it is the four weeks before Christmas. The purpose of Advent is two-fold:

It is the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas).

It is a time when we are supposed to reflect upon the second coming. The reading from the Gospel of Mark today has an important message: "Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come". (Mark 13:33).

Below is a picture of an Advent wreath. Each candle represents one of the weeks of waiting (three purple: purple is the historic liturgical color for three of the four Sundays of Advent: once the color associated with royalty, it symbolizes Christ as the "Prince of Peace"- and one rose: rose is the color for the Third Sunday of Advent so its color is a mixture of Advent purple and Christmas white. It may also symbolize the color of early dawn). I think I need to get one of these pretty displays...

Happy Advent to you all!

May the anticipation of the holiday season be as wonderful as Christmas!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: hey- check your email, I sent you a nice advent resource (I like it anyway)...it may be a bit too hippy for you:)
-Q; December 4, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Guzman Family said...: I was going to still light the candles, but our Advent Wreath broke. :(; December 4, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Cruze Family said...: happy Advent to you all too- what a great way to prepare for Christmas!; December 6, 2008 at 8:32 AM

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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Happy Advent!

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