At Boston College, the C21 Center offers prayer ribbons during a special, campus-wide week called Espresso Your Faith Week. Whether it is to commemorate a liturgical season like Advent or Lent, or to ...

JONATHAN ROUMIE ON FAITH AND PRAYER LIFE DURING ADVENT AND ALWAYS ... The timing of the solemnity, which is during the liturgical season of Advent, is a reminder to Christians "that God ...

The mystery of that great day had every right to the honor of being prepared for by prayer ... season of preparation (which had long been observed before receiving its present name of Advent ...

or Advent. It is a quiet time of reflection and contemplation of the upcoming feast, in contrast to the secular busy-ness of the season. During these weeks, Orthodox Christians fast from certain foods ...