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Advent Moments is a reflection that is distributed during the Advent Calendar each year.

ISSUE 33

Fourth Sunday of Advent – 2023

In contemplating the nativity scenes which appear in churches, homes and public places during Advent, do we see what St Francis saw – the...
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ISSUE 32

Third Sunday of Advent – 2023

The Franciscan understanding of Christmas is that God is permanently incarnated, committed in flesh in human history, in our individual lives.
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ISSUE 31

Second Sunday of Advent – 2023

It is often said that the baby should not appear in our nativity scenes until Christmas Day. For St Francis the figure of the baby Jesus...
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ISSUE 30

First Sunday of Advent – 2023

In his beautiful prayer The Canticle of Creation, St Francis reminds us that all of the created world is a herald of God’s love and abiding...
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ISSUE 29

Preparing for Advent – 2023

Advent is a time of preparation for Christmas and readying ourselves for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. One of the first items to appear in...
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ISSUE 25

Last Sunday of Advent – 2022

Give the gift of spiritual adventure. In Return to the Root, Joyce Rupp describes the journey of a 70 year old woman, Rose, to the city to care...
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