Blessed through love (fourth Advent candle) By JOE PRUETT Guest columnist; Dec 17, 2021 Dec 17, ... joy and now love. (We will also have a fifth candle in our next article called the Christ Candle).

An Advent wreath is circular and symbolizes everlasting life and unending love. The arrangement is used to put our attention on the meaning of Christmas. The candles, in particular, put our focus ...

On the third Sunday of Advent, it is traditional to celebrate Joy with the “Shepherds” candle. This third Sunday is also called Gaudete Sunday, and a literal translation here is to “rejoice.” ...

The second week of Advent While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. – Francis of Assisi "BETHLEHEM Candle" is the second purple candle ...

Love is the thing that saves us, time and again. Not guns, not closing our borders. ... and they lit our Advent candle of Love. We heard prayer in Arabic, ...