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Advent Bulletin Inserts
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "Advent Bulletin Inserts"|Beginning Advent:|What are the key first steps to enter into Advent? We can all slow down. We can all breathe more deeply. We can all begin to trust that this will be ...
Letting Christmas Become a Season
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first five paragraphs of "Letting Christmas Become a Season"|When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and ...
Becoming John the Baptist
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "Becoming John the Baptist"|Advent can take us way beyond preparing for Christmas. It certainly does prepare us to be open to the gifts that come with this season. It is a season of hope and ...
As Advent Begins
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Many of us are in an ideal place to begin Advent, but we don't know it. It can be tempting to think that, because we are struggling these days, we can't enter into Advent without a big change in our mood or without distancing ...
Christmas Alone
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first five paragraphs of "Celebrating Christmas Alone"|And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. - Luke 2|Many of us celebrate Christmas alone. This may be the first time for us, or an ...
Celebrating Christmas
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Celebrating Christmas"|Entering into and Celebrating the CHRISTMAS SEASON|Christmas is not the end of Advent. It is a real season of the Church year. We usually miss it because the ...
Advent Prayers
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "Advent Prayers"|In every part of our Advent days, joyful or otherwise, we can turn to God in prayer. These are suggested prayers for a variety of situations. Use them or create prayers from ...
Praying with Isaiah during Advent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
"Text from the first half of "Praying with Isaiah During Advent"|The messages from the book of the prophet Isaiah are our guide for the first part of Advent. This page is meant to be a help for our letting these words ...
Praying with Jesus in the Womb
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first five paragraphs of "Praying with Jesus in the Womb"|We know his life on this earth began in the womb, at the moment of his conception. And, so we know that the first part of his journey among us - the ...
Contemplating with Joseph
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first five paragraphs of "Contemplating with Joseph"|"When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since ...