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Liturgy of the Hours: Advent and Christmas Season Catholic Book Publishing Company
Publisher: Catholic Book Publishing Company

Advent Calendar—This is a good way to add some suspense building up to Christmas day. The Great “O” Antiphons of Advent. It is helpful for me to pause at the beginning of the holidays, to consider prayerfully what's really important, and to decide which Christmas narrative I want to participate in this year: a narrative of over-consumption or the foundational narrative of the Church, which can Six times a day, the monks offer praise and thanksgiving to God through the Liturgy of the Hours. In the Church's Liturgy of the Hours, Evening Prayer, also known as Vespers, always includes the great prayer of Mary known as the Magnificat. Advent is like an extended vigil. It is the celebration of that mystery of the Incarnation that we await this beautiful Advent season, as we long to hear those inspired poetic lines from the Prologue of the Gospel of John the Evangelist on Christmas morning. Those praying are keeping vigil for an extended period of time in the night as a preparation for the Mass of the day. Joan Chittister describes Advent as “the season that teaches us to wait for what is beyond the obvious. During the last week before Christmas, we begin the daily singing of the O Antiphons, an ancient practice that embraces the sense of longing and anticipation for Christmas which swells with each day. It is winter and so it is dark. Fourth Week of Advent ~ The Season of Christmas. The nights are long this time of year. It tells the story of salvation history, of how the coming of Christ was foretold in On December 17, the Church begins to intensify the preparation for Christmas with the use of the “O” Antiphons during the Liturgy of the Hours. Click on the red text above to access a guide to the Liturgy of the Hours for this week. Through a worldly holiday of excess to a worshipful Advent and Christmas. I pray the Liturgy of the Hours, so am pretty tuned into the liturgical seasons, but it was fascinating to hear my 13 yr old last year matter of factly explain to a friend why it was that our tree had gone up (Christmas Eve – at sunset, of course) nearly as hers had come down (day after In church, we do Advent readings, advent songs, no tree, no bleeping Santa (our priest calls him “the jolly red demon”} and will do a Festival of Lights and Carols after sunset on Dec. Posted in Liturgy of the Hours on Dec 23rd, 2012. For Jesus' sake, and I want to place a copy of the second one inside my Liturgy of the Hours which I read as often as possible. This is so that the people can hear sermons during Advent and Lent as a means of more fruitfully preparing for the year's two big Solemnities of Christmas and Easter. An Advent Jesse Tree uses symbols of the story of God in the world, from the creation to the nativity, to mark the days and weeks before the celebrations on Christmas Day.