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The Season of Advent

THE WORK of ADVENT
Father John's audio note December 2, 2021
​​Click on the button below. (Give a moment for loading time. A season of waiting!​)

Advent 2

Introducing Advent for the kids (​and the adults!)

Resources for getting to know the season.

"Preparing for the Son of Man," by writer and novelist Ron Hansen, posted on Journey with Jesus. Beginning at the beginning: the 1st Sunday of the season."Each liturgical year begins with four Sundays of hope and expectancy. ... But not so fast — we simultaneously are urged to look forward to the calamities and dire straits that will presage the final coming of the Christ who calls himself in our passage today 'the Son of Man.'"

Read  and learn.

https://www.journeywithjesus.net/lectionary-essays/current-essay​

The Scripture Readings of the Season of Advent (Year C); click on a reading citation to find the text for your reading and study. ​Click on the button below to access the readings of the season.
Advent Scripture Readings

What Is Advent? This video will help you know.

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This is Advent


How to Make an Advent Wreath for Your Home (Kids, get your adults to work with you!) 
Build a Wreath

A plea to rescue Advent from Christmas: If that doesn't make any sense, you had better read this.
"Here's my point: Advent is a time of its own in the seasons of the church year." Click below to undertake the rescue this year.
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Rescue Advent

Advent in Art. The only fitting word for this is awesome.  25 works of art for days of Advent: A 25-day Journey Examining the Nativity Story in Western Art. Click the button and wow.
Advent in Art
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Caravaggio's Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence (1600). Missing since 1969.

Advent Season Reading (and there's plenty more where this came from)

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Advent Adventure (buckle your seat belt securely please)

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