I encourage you to go to your advent wreath ( buy or make one ).  Each year for the last 10 years or so, we light the candle each week and sing to this tune : “Light one candle for love one bright candle for love, Christ brings love to every heart, he comes, he comes.” Week 4: Love When I was young, it was easy for me to love and be loved because I never had to sacrifice. It wasn’t until I got married and had children that I realized the price of true love, of selfless agape love.  Love is...

I encourage you to go to your advent wreath ( buy or make one ).  Each year for the last 10 years or so, we light the candle each week and sing to this tune : “Light one candle for joy one bright candle for peace, Christ brings joy to every heart, he comes, he comes.” Week 3: Joy Once again, my children have helped catechize me in the true meaning of these advent themes. Week 3 celebrates Gaudete Sunday, a Sunday of, “Rejoice! He is almost here!” As I mentioned in an earlier post, my...

Second week of Advent already? I encourage you to go to your advent wreath ( buy or make one ).  Each year for the last 10 years or so, we light the candle each week and sing to this tune : “Light one candle for peace one bright candle for peace, He brings peace to every heart, he comes, he comes.” Week 2: Peace So, I have 6 children, and my youngest are boy girl twins who we named Pax (which is latin for peace) and Joy. My boy and girl could not be more different. In fact, in the womb I...