The Season of Advent Begins
By Administration | Posted: Thursday December 5, 2024
The end of November signals the beginning of Advent. A very special time in our church year.
Perhaps in the coming Advent weeks you could pray this prayer each day in your home.
Light up our lives
Christ, come into our world of darkness
Light up our lives with your coming.
Fulfil all our longings with the joy of your birth
Strengthen our resolve to work for change in our world
And to share the hope of your birth that each Advent brings.
Amen.
First week of Advent
Advent is the period before the Christmas season. It begins on the Sunday nearest November 30, the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle, and covers four Sundays. Because the day it begins changes from year to year, so does the length of each Advent season. Advent begins on the 1st of December. The word advent, from Latin, means “the coming.”