Prepare the Way of the Lord!
Advent Season
The Meaning of Advent
Advent is the four-week season starting our Liturgical year. The most poetic and appealing of seasons, this is the time when we prepare ourselves properly for the coming feast of the Lord's birth.
The word ADVENT means coming that is, the coming of Christ the Redeemer. But there are different comings of Christ.
FIRST
We ponder His historical coming in which our eyes are opened to the fulfillment of God’s promise in the birth of His Son, Jesus.
SECOND
But the liturgical prayers of the Church during this season refer to the Lord’s Second Coming at the end of the world. We await for His final
coming in glory, when he will come to take us to the heavenly Jerusalem.
THIRD
We experience His personal coming into each of our lives on Christmas Day…and every day in the Eucharist, the sacraments, prayer and through the people and events we encounter in our daily lives.
from the VATICAN II Weekday Missal
