What is Your 2011 Advent Highlight?
We start the fourth week of Advent. What has been your personal highlight of this year’s Advent time? Share your experience in the comments!
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Marnie and 10 others are discussing. 
Sean McCarney 2:37 pm on December 30, 2011 Permalink |
Nicki coming to the Christmas Eve Carol Service and Vigil Mass – and my prayesr that she would come more often,
Jan - Stfrancisgirl 11:56 pm on December 22, 2011 Permalink |
This Advent the highlight was the return of my former pastor, Fr. Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conventual, on December 3rd, to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving. He was ordained as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah on October 18. He also was wearing a beautiful set of Advent vestments that were a gift from his Province of Conventual Friars. I feel so blessed to witness such a rare event — he is the Priest who received me into the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil 1999. To see him raised to Order of Bishop was surreal. My other highlight is my new involvement coordinating the Family Catechumenate for my parish. I have children aged 7 to 14 who are preparing for reception into the church at Easter. The perspective of children is refreshing. We celebrated the Rite of Acceptance on the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Marnie 4:56 pm on December 21, 2011 Permalink |
My advent highlight was attending the annual Family Mass at the Básilica de la Sagrada Familia and watching my son, Julian, take up the gifts to Lluís Cardinal Martínez-Sistach.
The rest of Advent was spent preparing for Him.
Mo 1:27 pm on December 21, 2011 Permalink |
A highlight for me was attending a Christmas pageant at my daughters’ school. It was a wonderful reminder of the true meaning of Christmas (even if Mary did have to get up and walk Baby Jesus around the stage to quiet his cries).
Joe Sales 5:43 pm on December 19, 2011 Permalink |
This Advent Season has brought a lot of great changes. I am grateful for family, friends, SQPN, and that i can celebrate my faith as a Roman Catholic. In closing, Id have to say the new translation is another highlight of this Advent season.
Barb in Nebraska 8:17 am on December 18, 2011 Permalink |
This has been a wonderful Advent season. I’m hosting an Advent wiki for my fellow Catholic school teachers and their students. They are photographing scenes of Advent in their school and homes. I’m so proud of how well my little photographers have done taking their photos and sharing them.
http://advent-2011.wikispaces.com/
Bernadette 1:31 am on December 18, 2011 Permalink |
My highlights this advent is singing all together in early morning each sunday while
Diana 7:37 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
I’m grateful for the depth of this season. The readings and meditations are so nourishing. Now that we’re into the part where the O Antiphons are being prayed, it’s the best time of all!
Jennifer 6:26 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
I am enjoying spending time this Advent creating memories and seeing things afresh with my new husband. He’s not Catholic and doesn’t quite understand Advent yet, but we are still enjoying this time together.
A Wandering Soul 6:08 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
I was excited to purchased this year a daily/weekly prayer guide and candles for my Advent Wreath. Sometime during week 2 one or more of my cats chewed the candles. OK, no more advent wreath, no more enthusiasm.
I’ve been searching for something to spark at least a little spiritual renewal in my life. Unfortunately, with the many views and rules and now the latest bad news from the Church in The Netherlands, I am even more disheartened and confused.
Why can’t The Church just keep it simple. Jesus did. And why doesn’t The Church just live by the adage, “What would Jesus do?”
Sorry Father, no “highlight” here, just a “lowlight” from a wandering soul.
But, I do thank you for SQPN. It’s gives me some hope.
Daniel 6:06 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
This Advent, my personal highlight is having the opportunity to spend time with Jesus truly present in Adoration. And, for the SQPN community in leading the way in Catholic New Media. Many of the SQPN shows have been a great source of inspiration an encouragement for me to get into podcasting 3 years ago. And the CNMC 2010 in Boston that I attended was great to meet many new and old friends. I’m also grateful this season of Advent for the many blessings that God had granted me in my life, my family’s life and within the community of our Catholic faith as a whole.
Colleen 6:00 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
My highlight is the nightly ritual our family has of doing the Jesse tree and then singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel. It is so special to hear my 4 children all singing about the coming of our Savior.
Inge 5:48 pm on December 17, 2011 Permalink |
I am very grateful to be part of this worldwide family of the Catholic Church. I am grateful that I can experience and celebrate happy times with this family, like attending the CNMC in Boston a while ago, but also be sorrowful together with them in difficult times as the Church in the Netherlands faces now.
This Advent I’m thankful for gift of community. Without it, my life would be a lot bleaker than it is now.