Celebrate the Season with Advent

Advent is a good time to develop new spiritual practices and to deepen your faith

Advent begins tomorrow, December 3.

Advent is a season observed in many Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming." It includes a countdown to Christmas especially encompassing the first four Sunday before Christmas, to allow quiet contemplation time for the coming of Christ's birthday and the second coming of Christ (our Christ consciousness within).

Practices associated with Advent include keeping an Advent calendar, lighting an Advent wreath, praying an Advent daily devotional, lighting a Christingle, as well as other ways of preparing for Christmas, such as setting up Christmas decorations, a custom that is sometimes done liturgically, through a hanging of the greens ceremony.

I love the idea of additional contemplative time during the otherwise chaotic season. I also love the idea of a daily reminder of the true meaning of Christmas. I wanted to do something special but not sure what yet. There is a photo a day thing online from Rethink Church, or I had thought of committing to do something helpful for somebody each day. But what about from an inner, reflective perspective? Maybe extra quiet prayer time. What if anything do you do to participate in Advent?

Whatever you do to celebrate the coming season, it should help to open your awareness to the Christ consciousness within as you allow the Spirit to work through you this holiday season as well as to deepen your own faith.

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Get your journey on! Your soul-journey.

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Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam, the angels’ author, has been writing spiritually for thirty years. With undergraduate studies in English and women's studies, she devoted over a decade of research and writing to women’s studies and women's spirituality. For the past five years, she has been diligently working in Angelology, as well as publishing a series of books on angelic guidance as well as "The New Age of Christ."

Bruedigam is a certified yoga and meditation instructor. She lives in New Mexico with her husband.

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