The four Sundays in advance of Christmas make up the season that Christians call Advent, the “coming” or the “arrival.” The weeks provide a time to prepare spiritually for the two “comings” of Jesus — one that happened and one that is still expected — his birth and his return.
The celebration of these weeks has changed over time. In the last century, Ad…
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