PRAYING YOUR WAY THROUGH ADVENT

PRAYING THROUGH ADVENT

An Excerpt From Our Free Ultimate Guide to Advent

BY DOMINICK ALBANO

Everyone wants to have an unforgettable Advent – an Advent filled with joy, family, togetherness and memories that will last a lifetime.

Each year, The Catholic Telegraph publishes The Ultimate Guide to Advent to help you experience the liturgical season with joy and create lasting memories. Filled with recipes, Advent activity ideas, important dates, prayer opportunities and more, it’s beautiful, fun, interactive and free!

The following excerpt is from the introduction for one of this year’s articles. For your free guide, visit www.thecatholictelegraph.com or scan the QR code below and you’ll receive it in your email inbox.

9 DAYS TO PRAY THROUGH ADVENT

One of the best parts of Advent has to be the joy. We’re talking Fiona in a Santa costume and stuffed inside a Christmas stocking level of joy. But that joy doesn’t really come from the songs, cookies, presents and decorations (though we love them). It comes from Jesus.

The world is transformed during Advent. For a whole month people are kinder, more generous and more hopeful. And many times they don’t even know why. Sure, “it’s Christmas-time,” but that’s not the source.

Prayer is a great way to encounter the Source of joy in the Advent season, and a Novena is a great way to structure your prayer - or your family’s prayer - when focusing your Advent season on Jesus.

Don’t worry if you’ve never prayed a Novena before. Each day for nine days, you read a brief scripture passage from the Advent Guide, reflect on a couple questions and close with a short prayer.

Find a little time, each day, to read the prayers in our Advent Guide. If you can, it’s best to schedule the same time each day, for example, right after dinner. Try to pray each day for nine consecutive days. (If you miss a day, don’t worry about it, and don’t quit! Just pick up where you left off and continue an extra day.)

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Scan the QR code to get The Ultimate Guide to Advent and read the full Advent Novena article, along with the daily scripture, reflection questions, and prayers for each of the nine days!