{"id":39222,"date":"2023-12-03T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/?p=39222"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T08:17:04","slug":"in-advent-we-are-encouraged-to-look-to-the-future-with-confidence-in-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/in-advent-we-are-encouraged-to-look-to-the-future-with-confidence-in-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"In Advent! We are encouraged to look to the Future with confidence, in Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started the Advent Season, since yesterday, Sunday 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, December,2023: A Privileged Time of Prayer, Waiting, Trust and Hope.<\/p>\n<p>The Liturgy invites us to Renew our Faith in Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. To Rejoice. Jesus Christ comes to Illuminate the Spiritual Darkness of all Creation, he comes to Illuminate the Darkness of our World that Television makes us know in live!<\/p>\n<p>So how will I make sense of my Journey towards Christmas? What does it mean to me to \u00abWatch\u00bb in Faith?<\/p>\n<p>What is my Hope at the beginning of Advent?<\/p>\n<p>Many means are available to us, to deepen this step towards Christmas, on the Internet, in various Magazines or Spiritual Subscriptions &#8230; undoubtedly all we can perhaps not devote a time of Retreat or a Weekend to &#8220;Settle Down&#8221;&#8230;. but why not take every day a &#8220;Breathing Time&#8221; to join Him towards whom we walk.<\/p>\n<p>I share the address of a site (in English, French, and Spanish) that is a Mine of Tools, Videos, Songs, Texts to live well this Advent Season:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emmausproductions.org\/special-resources\/advent-2023-raise-up-the-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39207 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Advent-260x104.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/65682c536f68e6001442edf1\/guide-la-mennais-advent-calendar-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39209 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/calendar-Advent-154x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/calendar-Advent-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/calendar-Advent-257x500.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/calendar-Advent.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a>Brother Philippe Blot of Kupang (Indonesia) prepared an Advent Calendar: 5 minutes per day\u2026 one minute to Contemplate an Image\u2026 one minute to Read a Quote from Jean-Marie de La Mennais\u2026 a minute to Discover an Aspect of Mennaisian Pedagogy\u2026 a minute to Pray\u2026 and a minute to Write and Remember a Word, a Sentence\u2026 and even a BONUS to share with those around us, gathered around the Advent Wreath every Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Good Time for Advent Season 2023 !<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started the Advent Season, since yesterday, Sunday 3rd, December,2023: A Privileged Time of Prayer, Waiting, Trust and Hope. 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