Tag Archives: Advent Candle

Third Sunday In Advent

Christmas is getting closer, and the theme for this Sunday is joy. With that in mind, I thought we’d go with some a couple of humorous images of the season.

Second Sunday

Today is the second Sunday of the Advent season, the day we light the peace candle. Not that there’s much peace in the world today, especially in the Middle East. The absence of peace is a reminder of why we need Advent and Christmas. Jesus came to bring peace. Left on our own, we humans […]

A Time For Joy

The third Sunday in Advent sees the lighting of the candle signifying joy. How joyful are you these days? Thursday, the last time I posted here, I seemed anything but joyful. I realize now that my malaise was real – the onset of a cold that more or less knocked me out of circulation since […]

A Time For Peace

Today is the second Sunday of the Advent season. Last week we lit the candle of Hope. Today’s candle is Peace. There seems to be precious little peace in our world today. The war in Gaza has passed the two-month mark. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is approaching its second anniversary. These are the two […]