Praying Advent

Praying Advent 2009
Every Day
Week by Week

First Week
November 29 - December 5

Second Week
December 6 - 12

Third Week
December 13 - 19

Fourth Week
December 20 - 24

Celebrating Christmas
December 25 - January 10

Site Index
Visit the Site Index frequently,
to see all the resources for Advent and Christmas, including those that are added throughout Advent.

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Resources from this Site

A rich and powerful
season of the Church year.

We often miss Advent's power because these December weeks are full of secular Christmas parties and preparations for Christmas. Each year, the busyness of this season serves to distract us from having an Advent season that truly prepares us for the celebration of Christmas, with all its meaning. This site offers simple ways to enter into this Advent season, week by week, in the midst of our everyday lives.

Don't be worried or anxious.

These resources are simple and friendly. We won't need to rush out and get an Advent wreath if we don't have one. We won't need to make our family recite prayers that don't seem to fit where we are. We don't even need to have a family.

These reflections are for adults.

They are prepared, however, to draw children in. They are resources to help us adults with the un-named anticipation or longing in our hearts. They allow us to enter into the experience of our darkness and therefore to give glory to God for the Light.

Daily Prayer and Resources along the way.

Each week of Advent will have a series of Daily Prayers that are designed to be used by individuals or families or groups. Read this Guide to Daily Advent Prayer.

Keep checking the Site Index frequently for many resources. And, let's pray for each other, a community of anticipation and hope around the world.