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
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.
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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.
"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.
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.
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)
