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Advent
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Advent - The first season of the church year, Advent is a season of preparation. It begins four Sundays before Christmas, and the theme is one of waiting and watching. The lectionary scriptures are about the ‘comings of Christ' – his birth and his eventual return. The color of the season is purple, the color of penitence.
The Advent wreath is a small ritual through which we pay attention to the Advent theme. There are four outer candles, usually three purple and one pink with a larger, white Christ candle in the center. The outer candles are lit, one by one, on each Sunday of Advent and are often assigned meanings or themes of hope, love, peace and joy. On Christmas Eve or Christmas morning the final Christ candle is lit, symbolizing the coming of Christ’s light into the world.
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