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1 Advent

2 !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&* SYMBOLS SAINTS LITURGICA L YEAR ADVENT

3 Advent !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&* SYMBOLS A symbol is something that stands for something else.

4 Advent

5 What is a saint? What is a Saint with a capital letter? Why do I have to become a Saint? Why do I want to become a Saint? How do I become a Saint?

6 Advent A person who does what God wants. A role model. A hero. Don’t you want eternal bliss? Why not? You work at it like any other goal.

7 Advent What do you do to mark those special moments in your life? Remember Celebrate

8 Advent What does the Church do to mark those special moments in its life? REMEMBERS and CELEBRATES Every year How does one remember 5000+ years of events in 365 days?

9 Advent LITURGICA L YEAR

10 Advent LITURGICAL YEAR

11 Advent Advent takes care of about 3000 of those years from creation to Jesus The Age of the Creator The time of God the Father

12 Advent New Testament in particular the GOSPELS takes care of the next 33 years The Age of the Redeemer The time of Jesus

13 Advent Time after Pentecost The New Testament Acts of the Apostles, Letters and Revelation The Age of the Holy Spirit The time of NOW

14 Advent

15 !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&* SYMBOLS SAINTS LITURGICA L YEAR ADVENT

16 Advent !@#$%^&*!@#$%^&* SYMBOLS

17 Advent SYMBOLS A SYMBOL not a DECORATION

18 Advent SYMBOLS Circle Evergreen Light 2 colors 4 weeks Not a decoration

19 Advent SYMBOLS Empty Eating dish Good deeds Bed of straw 4 weeks Not a decoration

20 Advent SYMBOLS Christ Candle Chi Rho Christmas Eve Jesus Light of the World Every Sunday Not a decoration

21 Advent SYMBOLS Evergreen Lights St. Boniface (700) Root of a Oak Tree "...let Christ be at the center of your households..." using the fir tree as a symbol of Christianity. Not a decoration

22 Advent SYMBOLS Great O’ Antiphons December 17 December 18 December 19December 20 December 21 December 22 December 23

23 Advent SAINTS

24 Advent SAINTS/SYMBOL S Jesse Tree

25 Advent SAINTS/SYMBOL S St. Nicholas

26 Advent SAINTS/SYMBOLS St. Lucy Swedish Crown St. Lucy of the Eyes

27 Advent SAINTS Immaculate Conception – Dec 8 O.L. of Lourdes – Dec 8 Our Lady of Guadalupe – Dec 12 Theotokos – January 1

28 Advent SAINTS St. Juan Diego Dec. 9

29 Advent SAINTS St. Andrew Nov. 30 Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen.


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