Prepare for the coming of Christ each week this season by reflecting on the mystery of the manger.
- A Christmas Countdown -
Nativity scenes were unheard of until St. Francis set up the first one in a cave outside of Greccio, Italy, in 1223. His goal was to remind people of the poverty into which Christ chose to be born because he felt the faithful they were too enmeshed in materialism and missing the point of the Gospel.
- Nativity Activity -
First Sunday of Advent
PREPARATION
“Prepare your hearts to receive Jesus the Savior"
Readings for Week 1:
Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 | Ps 80:2-3,15-16,18-19 | 1 Cor 1:3-9 | Mk 13:33-37
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Second Sunday of Advent
MERCY
“All of us are asked to obey (Christ’s) call to go
forth from our own comfort zone in order to reach
all the ‘peripheries’ in need of the light of the Gospel.”
Readings for Week 2:
Is 40:1-5,9-11 | Ps 85:9-14 | 2 Pt 3:8-14 | Mk 1:1-8
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Third Sunday of Advent,
JOY
“The Church is a house of joy”
Readings for Week 3:
Is 61:1-2a,10-11 | Lk 1:46-50,53-54 | 1 es 5:16-24 | Jn 1:6-8,19-28
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Fourth Sunday of Advent,
EXPECTATION
“Our Mother is beautiful! Mary sustains our
journey toward Christmas, for she teaches us how
to live this Advent season in expectation of the Lord.”
Readings for Week 4:
2 Sm 7:1-5,8b-12,14a,16 | Ps 89:2-5,27,29 | Rom 16:25-27 | Lk 1:26-38
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