This year, Advent starts on Sunday, Dec. 3, and will encompass four weeks, with each week dedicated to a specific theme represented by the lighting of candles on an Advent wreath. The themes ...

The four points or themes of Advent — each represented by a candle on the Advent wreath — are generally understood as hope, peace, joy and love. Each week of Advent is dedicated to one of ...

Rather than announce she was starting the season a few weeks early, she simply began to preach on Advent themes and asked the church musicians to hold back on Christmas music until closer to Dec. 25.

The four candles represent the four weeks of Advent — three candles are purple ... During the Advent season, the faithful will also notice a common theme in the Gospel readings.

Those familiar Advent themes of longing for God and waiting in ... There's one prayer reflection of each week of Advent, and a final one for Christmas. Let us together enter this season and ...

For many, Christmas celebrations follow the four main themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Subscribe to have The Washington Times’ Higher Ground delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

What are the key themes that preachers can draw inspiration from for their homilies? How do we really enter into a season like Advent ... this week to hear what ...

In Advent, a season of longing and expectation, we wait for God to make things right. And this is a key theme in Mary’s song: Lord, make it right. Mary’s song reminds us that there is no sin ...

Some modern calendars even acknowledge the full Advent season (four weeks leading up to Christmas ... in an astonishing range of materials, themes, and styles, stocked with goodies from beauty ...

This image shows a variety of advent calendars. (Credit: Katie Workman via AP.) Listen LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop Eamon Martin has launched an annual online Advent Calendar for the ...