ADVENT (From TC's Reviewer)

• Advent

  • It comes from the Latin word ‘adventus’, and signifies the arrival or coming of a person.
  • First season of the liturgical year, the church’s annual cycle of feast days.
  • It has four weeks or four Sundays before the Christmas Season.
• Advent Wreath

  o   It is a traditional Advent Decoration during the Advent Season.

  o   It represents eternal life, and the four candles represent the virtues of hope, peace, joy, and love.
• FOUR ADVENT CANDLES

  Prophecy Candle

  • Symbolizes Hope, reminding us that Jesus or the Messiah is coming.
  • 1st Sunday, Color is Purple, symbolizing royalty, repentance, and fasting
• FOUR ADVENT CANDLES

  Bethlehem Candle

  • Symbolizes Peace, it had foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, which is also the birthplace of King David.
  • 2nd Sunday, also symbolizes Faith. Color is also Purple.
• FOUR ADVENT CANDLES

  Shepherd's Candle

  • Symbolizes Joy, it represents shepherd’s great joy, and the angels announced that Jesus came for humble people like them, too.
  • 3rd Sunday, Color is Pink, symbolizes joyfulness and rejoicing
• FOUR ADVENT CANDLES

  Angel's Candle

  • Represents Love, to show God’s love and fulfil His promises to humankind, and he came to bring people close to God and to each other again.
  • 4th Sunday, color is purple, represents the culmination of love through the Messiah.
• Confession During Advent

  • To seek forgiveness for past wrongdoings and work towards personal spiritual growth.
• ADDITIONAL:

  Advent - from latin word 'advenire' means "to come to"

  • Focus is preparation for the birth of Jesus
  • Occurs on December
  • Has 4 sundays
  • Begins on the Sunday nearest the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (Nov. 30)
  • Ends on Christmas Eve or Dec. 24