Advent

Today, the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, marks the first day of Advent, the first day of the new liturgical year. I greatly miss attending a church that focuses and teaches about Advent......for it is all about Him! 

“Advent… helps us to understand the fullness of the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea. Instead, we must understand that our whole life should be an “advent,” in vigilant expectation of Christ’s final coming… Advent is then a period of intense training that directs us decisively to the One who has already come, who will come and who continuously comes.” Pope John Paul II

Time to get out the Advent ornaments and tree in exchange for our Thankful Tree. He is come!!