An Advent Candle – the First Sunday of Advent
Advent is a time of waiting, and of preparation. Of contemplation—of what is past, and what is to come. During Advent, we make wreaths, made of leaves or evergreens, with four candles, and we light one candle for each of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. May your candle burn quiet in the dark, and may you be at peace.
[From OUTLANDER, Chapter 38, “The Abbey”.]
The monastery was quiet, in the way that all large institutions grow quiet at night; the...
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Dec 03, 2014 07:30AM
Congratulations on MOBY being the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards. I love this book and especially love the series. I cannot wait for the 2nd part of Season 1 of Outlanders to come back on Starz.
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Thank you for the Christmas tradition display. It is a long beloved ritual, for good reason. Also thanks for the wonderful world you have created with the Outlander series. I have had many rewarding hours wallowing in the adventure over the years.
I'm an atheist, brought up as a Southern Baptist, but I have always enjoyed Claire's respect for the religion of others around her and how it comes to comfort her, too. It's very enlightening for me to read more about Catholicism as presented by our dear author, Diana.
One of the things the nuns did in school was to prepare an Advent Calendar of "gifts" that we "won" when we did our lessons brilliantly. But the wreaths and candles are a beautiful sentiment and lend such a graceful air of tradition and respect to Christmas.
