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ADVENT AT ST. LAURENCE
Advent marks the start of a new liturgical year, another opportunity for a spiritual fresh start. Following are opportunities and resources for making the most of this wonderful season leading to Christmas, a true “period of devout and expectant delight.”
IT'S ADVENT
Time to attune ourselves to the deeper rhythms of the liturgical year as we focus on the coming of Christ into our daily lives. But amidst our hectic activities and holiday stresses, we can often be so distracted that we cannot focus on God’s presence within ourselves or those around us. Prepare by using these resources to be transformed.ADVENT CONFESSIONS
Monday, December 2
6:30-8:30 pm in the Church
18 priests availableIMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Monday, December 9 (not a Holy Day of Obligation)
7:30 am in the chapel
Noon
All Masses in the ChurchOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
Thursday, December 12
5:00 am – Las Mañanitas & Mexican Breakfast
Sunday, December 15
1:00 pm – Mass in the Church
Followed by a reception in the GymSIMBANG GABI
Saturday, December 21
6:30 pm Carols & Mass in the Church
Followed by a reception in GymWISH UPON A STAR
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Christmas Mass ScheduleChristmas Eve – Tuesday, Dec 24
4:00pm
6:30pm
9:00pm
12:00am Midnight Mass
In the Church
4:15pm
At the Ave Maria Center
Christmas Day – Wednesday, Dec 25
9:00am
11:00am
1:00pm
In the Church
Holy Family – Sunday, Dec 29
Saturday 5:00pm Vigil
Sunday 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am,
1:00pm & 5:00pm
In the Church
Solemnity of Mary - Wednesday, Jan 1
Holy Day of Obligation
Tuesday Dec 31 5:00pm
11:00pm Adoration & Midnight Mass
Wednesday Jan 1 9:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm
In the church
Christmas Mass will be recorded and posted at 6pm on Christmas Eve.
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Adult Faith Formation Advent 2024Embrace Advent with these Resources, December 1, 2024Links in Headline
Advent Gospel Reflections
By Bishop Robert Barron
Advent is not meant to be a time of passive waiting, but of hopeful preparation for the coming of the Lord. In this devotional booklet, Bishop Robert Barron invites readers to enter more deeply into the prayerful nature of the season.
Advent: The Lord is Near - Year C
Renew International
The sessions and reflections in this book provide daily opportunities during Advent to read the Gospels and reflect on their meaning in our lives today. It encourages us to think anew about how we carry out, today, our Christian missions of generosity, hospitality, mercy, and justice, and how we might carry it out tomorrow.
Encountering Emmanuel
A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation
This Advent join Heather Khym, cohost of the Abiding Together podcast, as she extends an invitation to embrace stillness and silence amid life’s chaos. You’ll learn how to invite him in so that he can bring his light, love, peace, hope, and healing into your heart.
New Advent Program from Fr. Mike Schmitz: Face to Face
Ascension App
Live Advent differently this year. Join Fr. Mike Schmitz in a journey through the daily readings as he confronts our doubts and reveals God's love with app-exclusive daily video reflections and scripture passages.
Rejoice! An Advent Pilgrimage into the Heart of Scripture
Ascension
This Advent, join Fr. Mark Toups as he invites you to embody the trust Mary and Joseph lived out as they trusted God. Through daily reflections on the Sunday Mass readings and guided meditation videos, Rejoice! will help you build a daily, sustainable habit of prayer that you can carry with you into the new year.
Sacred Space for Advent
Irish Jesuits/ Loyola Press
Make this Advent truly meaningful as you patiently await, prepare for, and celebrate the birth of Jesus. This daily guided prayer experience is a simple but profound way to journey through the season.
Waiting for Christ
Augustine Institute
Waiting for Christ provides an opportunity to spend a few minutes with St. John Henry Newman and Christ every day of the Advent and Christmas seasons, preparing for the coming of the Lord.
Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope
As the Universal Church looks toward the Jubilee Year 2025 (the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord), the USCCB is thrilled to support the Holy Father in this "event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church."
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