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Spiritual Steps to Christmas

Daily Meditations for Sanctifying Advent

9781505128376
152 pages
St. Benedict Press LLC
Overview

This book is written to bring to our minds the thoughts of Advent so that we may think and pray with Mary, who brought Christ to us. Advent, like Lent, is a time of preparation in thought and deed for a great event. Certainly, if a king or a cardinal were to come to our home as a guest, we would prepare for his advent. Should we not prepare, then, for the great King of the universe during these days? Instead of coming to our homes, however, His Advent, or “coming,” is one into our hearts, and it depends on how we pray and meditate during these preparatory days leading up to Christmas.

Advent should not cause sorrow, for penance is a joy when done for God. These Advent days, then, will be most joyful if they are dedicated to God. We are happiest when all things are in harmony and in their proper place. This is the definition of health. This is the understanding of peace. This is to be Christian. It is our aim here to put Christ back into Christmas, to welcome the Christ Child in our souls, and to enjoy the godliness of having Christ's Mass at Christmas.

Author Bio
Father Aloysius Coogan (1906-1975) was a priest for 44 years for the Archdiocese of New York. Msgr. Coogan served the diocese as vocations director, vice chancellor, and as a writer for the majority of his service to the church of New York.