Featured Links for Advent
December 1 - 24, 2019

Links to online resources where you can learn about Advent
and find inspiration and activities for celebrating Advent this year!
​See also the St. Paul Advent & Christmas Opportunities & Liturgies Schedule.

What Is Advent?

• Advent  [Catholic Encyclopedia]
• The Advent Season 2019  [USCCB]
• Advent in 2 Minutes  [video - Busted Halo]
• Advent Is Mary's Time  [National Catholic Register]
• Advent: More Than a Chocolate Calendar  [video - Fr. Mike Schmitz]
• The History of Advent  [Catholic News Agency]​​

Celebrate Advent

• 5 Ways to Get Your Kids into the Spirit of Advent  [Aleteia.org]
• 8 Super-Simple Ways to Celebrate Advent  [by Jennifer Fulwiler - National Catholic Register]
• 10 Lessons to Help Us Prepare for the Greatest Birthday  [Catholic Exchange]
• 10 Meaningful Advent Traditions for Catholic Families  [CatholicIcing.com]​
• Advent Printable Worksheets for Kids  [TeachingCatholicKids.com]
• Advent: Five Ways to Live Out This Holy Season  [Catholic Exchange]
• Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas  [Catholic Education Resource Center]
• CatholicMom Advent Resources  [CatholicMom.com]​​
• Celebrating Advent with Your Family  [Loyola Press]
• How Should We Prepare for Christmas?  [Catholic Straight Answers]
• How to Live the Season of Advent  [video - Word on Fire]
• Simply Advent: Simple Celebrations  [IgnatianSpirituality.com]
• Why (and How) to do the Jesse Tree (the easy way)  [HolyHeroes.com]
  

Daily Advent Devotions and Reflections

Pick up a copy of the parish Advent devotional booklet,
2019 Magnificat Advent Companion,
​available at the back of the Church.

• Advent Reflections with Bishop Robert Barron  [By eMail - Word on Fire]​
• Best Advent Ever 2019  [By eMail - Dynamic Catholic]​
• FORMED Daily Advent Reflections  [By eMail - Formed.org]
• Inspiration Daily: Advent  [By eMail - Diocesan.com]​
• Reasons for Hope: Meditations for the Advent Season  [eBook - Our Sunday Visitor]
• ​Sacred Advent Retreat  [By eMail - Loyola Press]
• #Share Jesus Advent Series  [Videos by eMail - RedeemedOnline.com]

Advent Calendars

• USCCB 2019 Advent Calendar  [Bilingual]  
• Loyola Press 2019 Advent Calendar for Adults  [English]
• Loyola Press 2019 Children's Advent Calendar  [English] 
• Loyola Press 2019 Children's Advent Calendar  [Spanish]

Advent Devotions and Prayers

• Advent Apps  [Catholic Apptitude]
• Advent Examen  [Ignatian Spirituality]
• Advent Prayers  [Dynamic Catholic]
• Advent Prayers for Teens  [Ave Maria Press]
• Lectio Divina for Advent  [USCCB]
• The "O Antiphons" of Advent  [USCCB]
• Praying Advent  [Creighton University]​​
• Resources for Liturgy and Prayer - Advent & Christmas  [The Catholic Lectionary]
• Simply Advent: Simple Prayers  [IgnatianSpirituality.com]​

Advent Music

• 10 Advent Songs to Remind You It's Not Yet Christmas  [videos - FOCUS]
• The 20 Best Religious Songs for Advent  [videos - ChurchPop]
• 90 Minutes of Choral Music for Advent  [YouTube video]
• Moving Melodies: How Advent Music Prepares Us for Christmas  [National Catholic Register]
• Music for Advent: A Playlist  [Catholic World Report]
• The Top Ten Advent Songs  [Aquinas & More]

Advent Wreath

• Advent Wreath Prayers  [pdf]
• Advent Wreath: Background & How to Make...  [CatholicCulture.org]
• History of the Advent Wreath  [Catholic Education Resource Center]
• The Meaning of the Advent Wreath  [video - The Religion Teacher]