About the Devotions
The First Week of Advent (Purple)
The Devotions
Themes for the first week of Advent are historically centered on the return of Christ on the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord. Here themes are of Israel’s coming exile, the righteousness of God
The Second Week of Advent (Purple)
The Devotions
From the turmoil of the first week subsides into the comfort of the second week. It is mercy that causes God to stay His final judgment. Out of that mercy come God’s great promises to deliver His
The Third Week of Advent (Blue)
The Devotions
There is a decided shift beginning with Gaudete Sunday. Once it is clear that God’s Promise will drive the tenor of salvation the themes turn to anticipation and joy. The pace picks as the time to
The Fourth Week of Advent (Blue)
The Devotions
The weekly reflection between weeks is paused between the final too as anticipation turns immediately into supplication in the form of the O Antiphons. The fourth week is purely about the ongoing
Christmas Eve (White)
The Devotions
Christmas Eve is included in the Calendar, though technically it is not part of Advent. This is the night towards which the Calendar is pointing and preparing. While Christmas Eve’s liturgical
There are two overarching themes that are worth highlighting independently of the specific weekly themes themselves. The devotions are written using language that assumes this Advent Calendar to mark out a journey in time from the first day to the last day of Advent. The meditations of the first, second and fourth Sundays are about silence, the same silence that seems to be an attribute of our Hidden God at times.
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