While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. – Francis of Assisi "BETHLEHEM Candle" is the second purple candle during the second week of ...

Each candle represents a different week of Advent ... The first, second and fourth candles are often purple, representing the themes of hope, peace and love. These weeks are times of reflection ...

For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent is a special season that begins on Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 24, leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas.

Let us together enter this season and wait in hope for how our God might reveal the length and breath, the height and depth of divine love for us. The second week of Advent teaches us to call upon ...

Advent, a four-week season leading ... This signifies hope as it is commonly known as the “Prophet’s candle” and signals that Jesus is coming. On the second Sunday, a candle is lit to ...

Visit each week during the season of Advent as we light a new candle and share a new gift. The Marian Library wishes you hope, peace, joy and love throughout the season and the new year to come. Two ...

What a rich and delightful potpourri are our Advent ... the second and third Sundays) and Mary (in the fourth Sunday). Exploring how these different voices speak to each other each week is key ...

I didn’t grow up in an Advent church either and was slightly afraid of it, truth be told. Colored candles ... s second letter to the Corinthians reminds us, “He on whom we have set our hope ...

Advent wreaths ... lighting of the candles represents the expectation and hope surrounding Our Lord’s coming into the world and the anticipation of his second coming to judge the living and ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly ... evidence for its falsehood: If the hope Advent offers is real, we would quite ...

The next week of Advent offers us peace as we await the birth of our Savior. The third week brings us joy amid Lent's fasting and penance. The fourth and last week brings us to remember "the Angel's ...