In the liturgical cycle, each Sunday of Advent is associated with a virtue, such as hope, peace, joy, and love. Here, we share a prayer to do with your family. The Fourth Sunday of Advent focuses ...

The word “indite” has for us an accusatory tone, but in Herbert’s time it meant to put into words, as we see in Milton, and Psalm 45 in the Book of Common Prayer: “My heart is inditing of a good ...

Since then, the Worcester family has focused on expanding the nonprofit. Each year, thousands of donors and corporate sponsors pay to lay Worcester wreaths on the graves of lost service members ...

“The effort to spend time as a family or as husband and wife, even if it is only 10 or 15 minutes with a short prayer, helps me and could help families or couples to give purpose to life,” she said.

Many families choose to keep the Advent wreath on the dining table and to light the candles at prayer and meal times. The individual or head of the family may want to bless the Advent wreath before ...

In 1839, he built such an Advent wreath from a wooden wagon wheel in the prayer room of the Rauhes Haus in Hamburg, where orphaned children were cared for. "The wreath was decorated with a candle ...

The Church of Scotland has presented a special Advent wreath to the Scottish Parliament ... Meaning 'coming' or 'arrival', Advent is a time of prayer and preparation for the coming of God's ...

As your family gathers at home or your congregation joins together to celebrate the Advent season, use these advent wreath prayers while lighting the candles. Let us pray. We praise you, O Lord our ...

Prayers and Readings for Lighting the Advent Wreath Candles Here are some traditional prayers ... is meant to be done as a family and will often be used to reflect on the hope, faith, joy, peace, ...

At church and at home, Catholics often honor this time of year by creating an Advent wreath — a circle of ... suggests a modified version of a prayer practice called Lectio Divina, which means ...

Advent, from “adventus” in Latin meaning “coming,” is the season encompassing the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to Christmas, according to Britannica. In the Christian church ...