Prayers During Advent
Advent is a time to reinforce some time-honored prayers and to introduce some new ones to the children. Following are some prayers that are appropriate for the Season.
- The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary can be meaningful throughout Advent. The Rosary we used during October has been revised to reflect the Joyful Mysteries for Advent.
- November 30 is the Feast of St. Andrew, the day to begin the Advent Anticipation prayer.
- A brief prayer that can be used each week for the lighting of the Advent Wreath.
- December 6 is the Feast of St. Nicholas.
- The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is December 8. Under this title, Mary is the Patron of our country. This is a good time to teach or review prayers to Mary. The Angelus is a prayer reflecting the anticipation of Mary as she awaited the birth of Jesus.
- The Memorare is a good prayer to Mary for the needs of our country during these difficult times.