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Advent: Preparing for Christ, Cycle B is unavailable, but you can change that!

The four weeks leading up to Christmas mark the beginning of the Western Church’s liturgical year. The Church stresses that Advent is a time of reflection, meditation, and preparation. This study will follow the Catholic Scripture Study format but will concentrate on the Sunday lectionary readings and incorporate the ancient method of Lectio Divina (praying the Scriptures). To prepare, each...

The readings of the first week emphasize several themes. First, the people of God are waiting for the return of the Lord. There is a great yearning, a longing for his return. The second theme is trust: God, the second person of the Trinity, has promised that he will return, and he is faithful to his promises. That trust is strengthened by grace, God’s very life in our souls. Finally, it is imperative that we keep alert, for we do not know when the time will come. In the Old Testament,
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