Fr. Z's ADVENTCAzTs - 2017

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z), author of the blog What Does the Prayer Really Say (WDTPRS), will be preparing a short (approx. 5 min.) audio recording each day during Advent to help us with our preparations for the upcoming feast.

• Saturday: Preparation and you

First Week of Advent

• Sunday: The angel departs. Her mission remains.
• Monday: Confrontation of truths
• Tuesday: Is your "interior cellphone" busy?
• Wednesday: The essence of Christian chronology
• Thursday: The man formed by liturgy
• Friday: Trembling with fear because we are so damaged
• Saturday: If you have never before prayed with Mary

Second Week of Advent

• Sunday: Femininity is clearly threatened
• Monday: Silence v. Noise
• Tuesday: [Justification — Restitution —(Vocation)]
• Wednesday: And the Word was made flesh
• Thursday: What happened when Christ was born?
• Friday: From this mystery, sacred song is born
• Saturday: Assumpta Mariam by Francis Thompson

Third Week of Advent

• Sunday: True power
• Monday: Those who love God do not protest what He asks or sends.
• Tuesday: Why is Mariology important for the Gospel?
• Ember Wednesday: The Divine Soldier
• Thursday: Millions of favors are hanging from heaven on silken cords
• Ember Friday: Liturgy, continuity and YOU
• Ember Saturday: A person may be silent, and yet have a frightening noise inside

Fourth Week of Advent

• Sunday: The very place consecrated by tradition

Christmas Octave

• December 25: “And straight I called unto mind that it was Christmas day.”
• December 26: We are the ox and ass
• December 27: Why the three feasts during the Christmas Octave?
• December 28: Have yourself a merry, longer Christmas!
• December 29: WAKE UP!
• December 30: “He does not even wait for us to love”/a>
• December 31: Family in charity, not diversity, tolerance, inclusivity, sensitivity, choice …
• January 1: He lets us experience trials for a while