Keeping Holidays Holy

Advent marks the start of the Church year and begins four Sundays before Christmas. It is a time of waiting, and like any beginning, it holds expectation and promise. During the Advent season we wait for the coming of the Messiah, who we know as Jesus Christ. On the one hand this means waiting for the birth of a child in the manger at Bethlehem; yet Advent is also the time that we wait expectantly for the second coming, the appearance of Christ our King and the completion of God's creation, the fullness of the Kingdom of God.

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