Today we enter a new liturgical year, with the beginning of Advent. This is a season of hope and preparation.
Advent has a twofold character: for it is a time of preparation for the Solemnities of Christmas, in which the First Coming of the Son of God to humanity is remembered; and likewise when, by remembrance of this, minds and hearts are led to look forward to Christ’s Second Coming at the end of time. For these two reasons, Advent is a period for devout and expectant delight
Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 39 taken from
