Advent, the beginning of a new liturgical year, is quickly approaching. It is a season of eager longing, spiritual preparation, and joyful hope for the coming of Our Saviour at Christmas.
Once again, we are making our 2025 Advent Calendar available as your personal companion during the four-week pilgrimage to Bethlehem. In the secularism that permeates our world and even our homes, we must return to a deeply spiritual approach to Advent as a time to “prepare the way of the Lord, and make straight His paths.” The little pocket-sized calendar is designed to help you do just that! Follow the practices and mark off the days until Christmas, and make it the best Advent of your life! Purchase it in bulk from our shop to distribute to family, friends, parishes, and youth groups! Prepare the Way!
On November 31, the feast of Saint Andrew, we will begin the unfailing “Hail and Blessed” prayer. The meditative prayer is traditionally recited fifteen times a day until Christmas for a special intention. As a reminder, we are also sharing a lovely desktop wallpaper designed by the Sisters to help you remember this prayer each day and focus on the coming of Christ in the coming weeks. Download the wallpaper for free below and have a blessed Advent!
“Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires, […here mention your request…] through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.”
