This is a season of preparation. For centuries Christians have used the month prior to the celebration of Christ's incarnation to ready their hearts and their homes for the great festival. While we moderns tend to do a good bit of bustling about in the crowded hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it often doesn't consitute the kind of preparation Advent calls for. Indeed, traditionally Advent has been a time of quiet introspection, personal examination, and repentance. It is a time to slow down, to take stock of the things that matter the most, and to do a thorough inner housecleaning. Advent is, as the ancient dogma of the church asserts, a Little Pascha - a time of fasting, prayer, confession, and reconciliation.
Taken from The Christian Almanac, by Grant & Wilbur
Kerry
Advent Books
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