Sunday, November 28, 2004
Today Advent starts
So what is Advent?
According to present [1907] usage, Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (30 November) and embracing four Sundays. The first Sunday may be as early as 27 November, and then Advent has twenty-eight days, or as late as 3 December, giving the season only twenty-one days.
So Advent is pretty long this year. What is Advent for?
With Advent the ecclesiastical year begins in the Western churches. During this time the faithful are admonished
1. to prepare themselves worthily to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's coming into the world as the incarnate God of love,
2. thus to make their souls fitting abodes for the Redeemer coming in Holy Communion and through grace, and
3. thereby to make themselves ready for His final coming as judge, at death and at the end of the world
Oh will it be fun this year. Confession for all!
According to present [1907] usage, Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle (30 November) and embracing four Sundays. The first Sunday may be as early as 27 November, and then Advent has twenty-eight days, or as late as 3 December, giving the season only twenty-one days.
So Advent is pretty long this year. What is Advent for?
With Advent the ecclesiastical year begins in the Western churches. During this time the faithful are admonished
1. to prepare themselves worthily to celebrate the anniversary of the Lord's coming into the world as the incarnate God of love,
2. thus to make their souls fitting abodes for the Redeemer coming in Holy Communion and through grace, and
3. thereby to make themselves ready for His final coming as judge, at death and at the end of the world
Oh will it be fun this year. Confession for all!
