Many years ago, when I was young enough to think 26 hours on a bus sounded fun, my friends and I rode from Belize, where we were living, to Mexico City for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
How do we keep this time of prayer, preparation and anticipation at the forefront of our December when the rest of the world is in full celebration mode?
Each evening for seven nights, read the O Antiphons and reflect on the questions below, either in prayerful solitude or with your family at the dinner table or during prayer time.
This Advent, as we prepare ourselves for the arrival of Christ’s Nativity, we are given time to contemplate the nature of his birth, what it means for humanity and even what it means for the history of our world.