The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...

Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into the ... and our prideful selves. Christ the Light, a single candle lit in the wintry empurpled darkness. A beginning again, as we ...

The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent. The pink candle will be lit on the third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means ‘to ...