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ADVENT: COME, LORD JESUS, COME AND BE BORN IN OUR HEARTS! Color the Wreath green, Berries (circles) red First Sunday of Advent (Hope Candle) – color candle purple, its flame yellow Second Sunday of Advent (Peace Candle)- color candle purple, its flame yellow Third Sunday of Advent (Joy Candle) – color candle pink, its flame yellow Fourth Sunday of Advent (Love Candle) – color candle purple, its flame yellow Christmas Day (Jesus Candle) – color the word Jesus your fav color, its flame yellow THE ADVENT WREATH THE WORD “ADVENT” MEANS “COMING”! THERE ARE 4 CANDLES REPRESENTING THE FOUR WEEKS OF ADVENT THAT WE PREPARE OUR HEARTS FOR THE BIRTH OF JESUS. In our Catholic tradition is that each week represents one thousand years, to sum up the 4,000 years from Adam and Eve until the Birth of the Savior. THE FIRST WEEK WE LIGHT A PURPLE CANDLE THE SECOND WEEK WE LIGHT A PURPLE CANDLE THE THIRD WEEK WE LIGHT THE PINK CANDLE THE FOURTH WEEK WE LIGHT THE PURPLE CANDLE THE WHITE CANDLE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WREATH REPRESENTS CHRIST AND IS LIT ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE CANDLES REMIND US OF THE ONE FOR WHOM WE ARE WAITING, JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHY DO WE USE EVERGREENS? These branches remain always fresh and green, even during the darkest days of winter. They remind us of the light of Jesus’ love that brings a peace and joy which lives in us every day and will never end. WHY DO WE USE THE COLORS PURPLE AND PINK? PURPLE is a serious color. It reminds us that preparing to welcome Jesus and preparing our hearts through prayer. PINK is the color of Joy. We light this candle on the third Sunday of Advent to remind us that if we are preparing well to welcome Jesus at Christmas, great joy will soon be ours. ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS OF ADVENT IS THE LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT WREATH. The purpose of the Advent wreath is to deepen the understanding of Christmas as time passes from Advent into Christmas the wreath grows in beauty until it is finally replaced by the Christmas crib and Christmas tree. THE WREATH: (A CIRCLE) IS THE SYMBOL OF THE ETERNITY AND EVERLASTING LOVE OF GOD; NO BEGINNING AND NO END. EVERGREEN: A SYMBOL OF THE EVERLASTING LOVE OF GOD. A REMINDER OF THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS THAT THE WORLD WAITED FOR A SAVIOR. .

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The Advent Wreath
THE ADVENT WREATH We know that ADVENT means COMING, and we know that Christmas is coming, but the season of Advent reminds us there is more to Christmas preparations than gift lists, frantic shopping, school plays and party schedules, etc. All the December activities make it easy to put off preparing our hearts for the true meaning of our Christmas celebration. The Advent wreath helps us keep a balance in our lives during the weeks of expectancy. The tradition of the family gathered around the table before a meal, lighting Advent candles, saying Advent prayers and sharing appropriate readings helps us to prepare our hearts for the coming of the Christ Child -- - as for many centuries God prepared the world for the birth of Jesus. The circle of the wreath reminds us that God has no beginning and no end. The evergreens represent the promise of eternal life. The candles represent Jesus’ overcoming the darkness of hatred and evil with the light of joy and love. The brief ritual described below, and on the following pages, is to be used each evening when the family gathers, beginning on the first of the four Sundays in Advent and continuing each day of the week. Adapt it if you like to include other prayers and verses. Some prefer to use “Advent Blue” candles. Other traditions use red or white. You may also choose to add a white “Christ candle” in the center to light on Christmas Eve. THE FIRST WEEK IN ADVENT A family member lights one (only) purple candle, saying: “I light this candle to remind us that we must prepare our hearts for the coming of the Christ Child.” COLLECT for the first week in Advent (said by all): “Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your son, Jesus Christ, came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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