On December 2, 2021, we shared in a beautiful Family of School Advent Mass. The link to the Livestream Advent Mass is below.
God of hope,
As days get shorter and nights get colder,
Light in us the fire of Your love
To give us hope this wintertime.
We prepare our souls for the coming
Of Your Son at Christmas time.
Grant us the wisdom to prepare in us
A place of welcome.
Jesus was born into the poverty of the stable,
The poverty of our hearts today
Is often a poverty of time for You.
Slow us down for a while.
Call to us, amid the pace of material preparations;
Call to us to make spiritual preparations.
In the quiet of our hearts let us hear and then sing
A SONG of hope
A SONG of peace
A SONG of joy
A SONG of love
These are the songs that the candles on the Advent wreath sings.
May the wreath of our hearts
Illuminate our families as we prepare for Advent.
We make this prayer in the name of Jesus: Emmanuel, and Prince of Peace