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NOTE: To change the image on this slide, select the picture and delete it. Then click the Pictures icon in the placeholde r to insert your own image. WHAT DOES ADVENT MEAN? THE WORD ADVENT COMES FROM THE LATIN “ADVENTUS” MEANING COMING. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE AWAIT THE COMING OF CHRIST. THE FOCUS OF THE SEASON OF ADVENT IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS IN HIS FIRST ADVENT - AND THE ANTICIPATION OF THE RETURN OF CHRIST THE KING IN HIS SECOND ADVENT.

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NOTE: To change the image on this slide, select the picture and delete it. Then click the Pictures icon in the placeholde r to insert your own image. RECONCILIATION ADVENT IS A TIME OF REFLECTION AND PREPARATION, A TIME FOR LOOKING AT THE KIND OF LIFE EACH ONE OF US IS LEADING. THE SUNDAY VESTMENTS ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH SUNDAY WILL BE PURPLE. ON THE THIRD SUNDAY THE VESTMENTS ARE ROSE COLOURED TO INDICATE A TIME OF REJOICING, THAT THE GREAT FEAST IS ALMOST WITH US. IT IS REFERRED TO AS “GAUDETE SUNDAY” (FROM THE LATIN WORD “REJOICE”)

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NOTE: To change the image on this slide, select the picture and delete it. Then click the Pictures icon in the placeholde r to insert your own image. THIS TRADITION DATES BACK TO THE LATE 19TH CENTURY IN GERMANY, WHERE PARENTS ENCOURAGED THEIR CHILDREN TO MAKE A GARLAND OF GREENERY TIED UP WITH A RED RIBBON AND HUNG IN THE MAIN HALLWAY OR DOOR OF THE HOUSE. IT WOULD HAVE HAD FOUR CANDLES, ONE TO BE LIT FOR THE BEGINNING OF EACH ADVENT WEEK. ON CHRISTMAS EVE THE GARLAND WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN AND LAID IN FRONT OF THE CHRISTMAS CRIB WITH AN EXTRA WHITE CANDLE – A SIGN OF WELCOME FOR THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. ADVENT WREATH

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