S15 E10 - Preparing for Advent
About This Episode
In this week's episode, we reflect on how to prepare for Advent. During this busy season, it is easy to spend more time preparing our home than our hearts and we chat about the need for slowing down, quieting our hearts and surroundings, and becoming attentive to God’s presence in our daily lives. We also share practical ways we prepare and wait for the coming of our Lord at Christmas.
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Show Notes
One Thing We Love This Week:
Sister Miriam’s one thing - The Carmellite Sisters (View their upcoming events here)
Michelle’s one thing - The song You Know My Name by Tasha Cobbs
Michelle’s other one thing - This “Full of Hope” Advent Mug from Blessed is She
Heather’s one thing - The songs Holy Forever (YouTube) and The Story I’ll Tell (YouTube)
Discussion Questions:
What practices do you incorporate in Advent to embrace the season of preparation?
When will you take time for prayer this week and throughout Advent?
How can you better embrace Advent rather than just tolerate it?
How can you slow the interior pace of your heart in Advent?
Journal Questions:
Ask the Holy Spirit: What do you want me to be present to this season?
Where do I need hope in my life?
Where do I lack peace in my life?
Where do I need joy in my life?
Where do I need to birth joy in my life?
Quotes to Ponder:
“The liturgy of Advent…helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea. Instead, it is necessary to understand that the whole of our life must be an ‘advent,’ a vigilant awaiting of the final coming of Christ. To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who comes continuously.”
Scripture for Lectio Divina
“Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
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