Here are some resources for Advent to increase your knowledge of and appreciation for this liturgical season in the life of the Church. It's the Catholic New Year! Let us wait with eager anticipation for the coming of the Savior.

If several articles came from the same source, I grouped them together. I will be updating this post throughout Advent, so check back often!.

My Blog Posts

• Signs of Life: Advent and Christmas
• Fr. Matthew Hardesty Homilies for Advent
• What Is Advent?
• Myth vs. Fact on the Feast of St. Nicholas
• For the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
• Gaudete Sunday, Rose-Colored Vestments, and Advent Wreaths
• For the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
• What Are the "O Antiphons"?
• Why "Jesus" and Not "Emmanuel"?

Advent Articles and Websites:

• From the Vatican: Advent 2008 -- Advent 2009 -- Advent 2010 -- Advent 2011 -- Advent 2012
• Advent Overview
• Advent in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: nos. 524 and 1095
• Advent in the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Chapter 4 (cf. nos. 96-105)
• Joyeux Noël
• Reclaiming Advent
• He Comes
• On Being "Ready" for Advent
• Are Peace and Advent Incompatible?
• Homilies for Sunday Liturgies and Feasts in December 2012
• Advent as Part of Growing Up
• Will We Choose to Lift the Cloud for Christmas?
• Avoiding the Advent Trap
• USCCB: Calendar and Resources for Advent 2012
• Advent: Don't Rush! It's Not Christmas Yet!
• Advent, Suffering, and the Promise of Joy

Catholic Culture

• Advent Workshop:
• What Is Advent?
• Jesse Tree
• "O" Antiphons
• Advent Calendar
• Activities and Customs
• Prayers and Hymns
• See Advent's Meaning Through Mary
• Advent Wreath: Prayers and Explanation
• The Advent Wreath
• Our Whole Life Should Be an Advent
• The Crib Can Help Us

Catholic Education

• The Liturgical Season of Advent
• Advent Dynamism
• Advent
• Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas
• Bring Our Fallen-Away Relations Back to Church During Advent
• Following Mary's Advent Footsteps
• Meditation Notes on the "O" Antiphons

Catholic Exchange

• Renewing the Mystery of Advent, Part One: The Meaning of Advent
• Advent, A Time to Prepare Ourselves for Three Comings of Jesus
• Advent: The Reason for the Season
• As We Enter Into Advent: Thoughts from Archbishop Fulton Sheen
• A New Year of Grace and Favor

EWTN

• Family Advent Customs
• Jesse Tree Symbols
• Divine Preparations
• Rose-Colored Vestments on Gaudete Sunday
• Advent Reflections: 2004
• Significance of the Advent Wreath

Insight Scoop

• Advent with Jean Cardinal Daniélou
• Advent and the Art of Waiting
• The Essence of Advent
• Fulton Sheen on the Final Days of Advent
• A Scriptural Reflection on the Sunday Readings for Advent 2012: 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th

National Catholic Register

• Eight Super Simple Ways to Celebrate Advent
• During Advent the Domestic Church Is the School of Love
• Saying No: The Essential Gesture of Stewardship
• O Radian Dawn: Preparing for Advent
• Advent's Coming, Keep It Simple!
• 10 Things You Need to Know About Advent
• How (and Why) to Return to Sunday Mass, and How (and Why) to Return to Confession
• Saintly Advent Advice
• An Advent Composition of Place
• Rediscovering Awe
• More Light
• When Advent Is Hard

New Advent

• Advent
• Gaudete Sunday
• Genealogy of Jesus Christ
• Immaculate Conception
• Liturgical Colors
• Saint Lucy
• Saint Nicholas of Myra
• Shrine of Guadalupe

New Liturgical Movement

• Organ Solos in Advent
• Marian Antiphon for Advent
• Advent in the Byzantine Church
• Advent Carol (Parody)
• Cardinal Newman Meditation for the First Sunday of Advent
• Advent Customs: St. Barbara's Branches (Barbarazweige) on December 4th
• The Station Churches of Advent
• Quatuor Tempora: Advent Ember Days
• Advent Customs: It's Not Too Late to Start

The Sacred Page

• Ruth and Advent
• Readings for Advent 2011: 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday
• Readings for Advent 2012: 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday

What Does the Prayer Really Say? (Fr. Z)

• WDTPRS?: On the Prayers for Mass During Advent
• A First Sunday of Advent Sermon
• Expectation of the Blessed Virgin: Interesting Customs
• O Come, O Come Liturgical Blue!
• O Antiphons Summary
• For more from Fr. Z on the Advent season, see the "ADVENT" tag

Word on Fire (Fr. Robert Barron)

• Fr. Barron on Advent 2011: 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday
• Fr. Barron on Advent 2012: 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday
• Advent Book Recommendations
• Advent: The Immaculate Conception and the Nightingale's Song
• Advent: A Softness That Ends in Bitterness
• The Bright Light of Advent

Videos:

• Advent 1 Meditation
• Advent 1, Lk 21
• Advent Talk: Parts 1, 2, and 3
• Advent Vespers
• Advent
• Celebrating the Seasons of Advent and Lent
• Advent Confession
• Fr Angelo Geiger Homily Gaudete Sunday 2006: Parts A and B
• Angel Voices: Gaudete
• Advent Light: Based on Jn 1
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel
• Advent: Take Time, Slow Down, Open Up
• Pro-Life Advent Reflections (2009): Parts 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4
• Advent Conspiracy
• The O Antiphons:
• Dec. 17 - O Sapientia
• Dec. 18 - O Adonai
• Dec. 19 - O Radix Jesse
• Dec. 20 - O Clavis David
• Dec. 21 - O Oriens
• Dec. 22 - O Rex Gentium
• Dec. 23 - O Emmanuel
• The Nativity ... If It Happened Today
• The Advent Revolution
• Advent 2012 with Fr. Pontifex: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
• Advent in 2 Minutes
• What Is Advent? Gangnam Style!
• Advent: The Spirituality of Waiting

Pax Christi,
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