Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into the world. Four weeks, each symbolized with a lighted candle, purple, purple, rose pink, purple. A time of waiting, a time of ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches ... We ask this through Christ our Lord. All Respond: Amen. 2. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Household ...

Advent started as a time for remembrance and a sign for Christians to be open and ready for the second coming of Christ and held to traditional items and events like a wreath with candles ...

we celebrate Advent as a time of preparing our hearts for the birth of Jesus Christ. When I was growing up, my parents ...

Many Advent customs involve counting ... Lord and joy in what is to come. The white candle is lit on Christmas day. It symbolises the birth of Christ and the change in the colour of the season.

Before Christ came wreaths ... 1 each for the four weeks of Advent. The holder can be placed in a shallow platter containing some water. Place the candles in the holder securely, then drape ...