How to make an Advent Wreath

Instructions for making a simple Advent Wreath, to help the family prepare for Christmas. 1. Make a firm circular base. 2. It can be made out of newspaper wound round with broad ribbon or tape. 3. Bend a pine branch into a circle the same size as or [...]
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The Advent Wreath

Origin The Advent Wreath may have originated in the pre-Christian customs of the northern European peoples, between the fourth and sixth centuries AD. During the cold and dark of December, people would collect wreaths of evergreen branches, and lit candles as a sign of hope [...]
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What am I waiting for?

Today, the first Sunday of Advent, the Church begins a new Liturgical Year, a new journey of faith that on the one hand commemorates the event of Jesus Christ and, on the other, opens to its ultimate fulfilment. It is precisely in this double perspective [...]
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Advent

Advent is here. What a marvellous time in which to renew your desire, your nostalgia, your real longing for Christ to come — for him to come every day to your soul in the Eucharist. The Church encourages us: Ecce veniet! — He is about [...]
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Pope celebrates first Sunday of Advent

www.romereports.com The Pope celebrated the first Sunday of Advent during the Angelus prayer. While we wait for Christmas to arrive, the Pope took this idea to heart and spoke about the theme of "waiting" throughout our lifetime.
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