This year, the Advent season is the shortest it can be, we just celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent as Christmas Day is on the following Monday. This gives us a challenge, as essentially our Advent is only three weeks long. Out of the two great penitential seasons of the liturgical year, Advent and Lent, I always find Advent the most challenging. Lent seems to lend itself to the time of the year and you can really enter into the spirit of the season over the six weeks. Advent seems to be at odds with the world, Christmas in secular society has already begun by mid-November. Read more
