Entries by Lois Sutton

Love

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Happy Monday! As Advent draws to a close, let’s contemplate on all four weeks: Hope, Peace, Joy and finally, the candle of Love!  This article explains it far better than I ever could so close your eyes and think about all that each represents. Pray Unceasingly!! Lois What Is the Candle of Love and the […]

Joy

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Happy Monday! It is the third week of Advent.  The week representing joy! Also known as the “Shepard’s Candle,” it is pink because rose is a liturgical color for joy. Gaudete Sunday is meant to remind us of the joy that the world experienced at the birth of Jesus, as well as the joy that the […]

Peace

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Happy Monday! It’s Week 2 of Advent, the candle of peace. In a world of turmoil, is peace really possible?  There are wars, rumors of war, discontentment, racism and people who are just hateful all around!  So how do we find this peace we hear about? The angels proclaimed “Peace on Earth” when the Baby […]

Advent – Week 2

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  Peace is a central theme of the advent season but the main focus of the second week of Advent. One of the prophecies about Jesus calls him “the Prince of Peace” .

Hope

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Happy Monday! Within just a week, we have jumped from a time of gratitude (which I hope continues every single week of the year!) to a season of expectation and preparation, the season of Advent. Until just a few years ago, I was totally unfamiliar with Advent.  In those years, I have grown to embrace […]

Advent – Week 1

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  The Christ Candle (Hope) This central candle, also known as the Christ candle, represents Jesus who we as Christians believe to be the Savior of the world; the pure light that once and for all eliminates all darkness. He makes right all that is wrong with the world.