For many, Christmas celebrations follow the four main themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Subscribe to have The Washington Times’ Higher Ground delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

For most Christians, today marks the start of Advent, a time of anticipation and preparation for Christmas, the Holy Day marking the very reason for the religion. And while it has deep meaning to ...

As the beginning of the liturgical year, Advent is a period of anticipation and spiritual preparation, allowing believers to reflect on themes of hope, peace, joy and love. During Advent ...

Advent is a peculiar season, ... Rev. Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, and Rev. Kendal Brown write about hope, peace, joy, love and Christmas Eve, respectively. Rev Raquel Gill, ...

Participating fully in Advent and Christmas feels impossible since Larry died two years ago: ... so they may experience the peace, love, joy and hope of Advent and Christmas. ...

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Dec. 2—Advent — the four weeks before Christmas — evokes a lot of feelings from different people: anticipation, expectation, preparation or peace, joy, hope and love. But essentially, it's ...

Read the Gospel or all the readings from Sunday Mass and talk about the themes you hear, like waiting, hope, peace, joy and love. Offer prayer intentions and thanksgivings as a family before you ...

“For the last few weeks, we have been celebrating the four themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy and love,” Boettger said. “Our Christmas sermon will focus on love.

People celebrate the arrival of the Peace Light of Bethlehem outside St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a ceremony Dec. 10, 2023, to launch the Christmas season. (OSV News photo ...