As part of Unit J3, Worship and Celebration (Year 10 course), you need to be able to explain how Catholics prepare for Christmas during Advent, and how they celebrate Christmas. So a good starting point is ... what do you do?
- Advent calendar
- Advent wreath - one candle lit each week in church (three purple, one pink during the third week of advent, and a white one to be lit on Christmas morning to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Light of the World)
- Advent prayers ... we've held them at school on Wednesdays during Advent
- Advent is a good time to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Special readings and hymns are read and sung in church
To celebrate Christmas:
- The Vigil Mass is a special Mass celebrated around 5pm on Christmas Eve ... it also counts as the Christmas Morning obligation.
- Midnight Mass is also very popular.
Did you go to one of the Masses?
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