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Blog posts December 2025

Merry Christmas, one and all!  During this fourth week of Advent we light the final purple candle, the Angel’s candle, which symbolizes the message of God’s love that the angels announced at Christ’s birth.  
The third week of Advent is a joyful one. During this week we light the pink candle to symbolize our joy. This candle is the Shepherd’s candle, representing the joy of the shepherds at the birth of Christ and the joy we all share in anticipation of His return. Luke 2: 8-20 “And the Glory of the ...

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In this second week of Advent, we light the second purple candle, the Bethlehem candle, which symbolizes peace and preparation. In this week we reflect on Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, and the peace that Mary proclaimed in her yes to the Lord.   Is it possible to have true joy without p...

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This first week of Advent we light the first purple candle. This is the Prophecy candle, representing our hope for Christ’s coming and our recollection of the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah and the hope He brings to the world. How do we cultivate hope in our daily lives so that we ar...

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