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Fourth Week of Advent: Daily Advent Prayer
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
The whole purpose of these Advent pages has been to help us find intimacy with God in the midst of our everyday lives. So we have focused on using the background times of our days to create an interior atmosphere that ...
Third Week of Advent: Daily Advent Prayer
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
"Gaudete Week|Our week begins with ""Gaudete Sunday."" Gaudete means ""rejoice"" in Latin. It comes from the first word of the Entrance antiphon on Sunday. The spirit of joy that begins this week comes from the words of ...
One Prayer a Day for Advent- Week 3
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "One Prayer a Day for Advent - Week 3"|The Third Week of Advent| Sunday|I lift my heart up to you, Lord, to thank you for the blessings you shower on me each day. |You are the 'joy of my soul.' ...
One Prayer a Day for Advent- Week 4
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "One Prayer a Day for Advent - Week 4"|The Fourth Week of Advent - In 2012 use only Monday & Tuesday in 4th week.| Sunday|Oh, Adonai, dearest Lord, Compassionate God of justice, so many areas ...
One Prayer a Day for Advent- Week 2
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "One Prayer a Day for Advent - Week 2"|The Second Week of Advent|Sunday|Dear Lord, Through the darkness, I look for your wisdom. I want my heart to be open to you. But sometimes in these days, ...
One Prayer a Day for Advent- Week 1
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first half of "One Prayer a Day for Advent - Week 1"|The First Week of Advent |Sunday|Lord God, only you can see into my heart and know that under all the busy-ness of my life, there is a deep longing to make ...
The Two Parts of Advent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Part 1: up until December 16|While most liturgical seasons have the gospel as their main focus, during the first weeks of Advent, the Church gives us daily readings from the prophet Isaiah. With the eyes of faith, these ...
Possible Bulletin Announcements for Advent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
"These bulletin announcements are examples of how your parish or congregation can offer this Advent resource to your parishioners. Our site can be found simply by Googling "Praying Advent," but if you wish to include the ...
Dinner Prayers for the Second Part of Advent
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
"Text from the first half of "Dinner Prayers"|In the second part of Advent, the last eight days, from December 17 through Christmas Eve, our main attention shifts away from the first readings, although the Old Testament ...
Why is it so Difficult to Enter Into Advent?
(Creighton University, Online Ministries, 2000-01-01)
Text from the first three paragraphs of "Why is it So Difficult to Enter into Advent?"|It happens every year, as predictably as drawing up a shopping list, decorating the tree and planning the Christmas Dinner. Every year ...