First Sunday of Advent (Catholic)

For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the first Sunday of Advent.  In this new liturgical year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renweed commitment to the faith by all those who follow Christ, the Lord.  Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas.  Advent means ‘Coming’ in Latin.  This is the coming of Jesus into the world.

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