About Advent
Advent is a season of Expecting, Preparing, Rejoicing and Accepting. This is a period of preparation for the birth of our Lord. Beginning four Sundays prior to Christmas and ending on Christmas Eve, Advent helps us to prepare for the coming, arrival or “advent” of the Christ child at Christmas. The first Sunday of Advent also marks the beginning of the Church calendar year. We can think of it as the Church’s “New Year’s Day”.
