Stina and Fr Sean Byrnes take this time before Christmas to help us prepare for the 4 Sunday of Advent and Christmas Day back to back. They explore the idea the Christ child juxtaposed with his Crucifixion, the beginning and end of Christ’s life, the power of Christ overcoming the darkness, and then shine a light on how we can manage this season, keeping the Christmas Grinch at bay as we navigate the week ahead.
Emily Shaw treats us to the
idea of ‘firsts’ this Christmas – first Christmas as a
family, first Christmas with empty chairs round the
table, firsts for joy and firsts for great sorrows. Emily
writes how from the process of life, our hearts may
require healing, and how they are like mangers,
imperfect, sometimes ragged, but having the capacity
to allow Christ to rest in them, regardless of the type of
Christmas experience we have.
Part 3 of our Advent series has us talking about joy and rejoicing taken from Philippians 4:4. Padre and Stina discuss the necessity of rooting and cultivating one’s joy in the depth of Christ Jesus during Advent, and not being persuaded or hoping to find one’s true Christmas joy in the materialism of the season, nor even the ‘perfect’ Christmas dinner.
Part 2 of our Advent series opens the conversation of the interior dispositions of the Holy Family, Mary and Joseph. Stina and Fr Sean Byrnes talk about the beauty of the Holy Family’s character, the disposition and relationship with God each individually possessed and the emphasis of prayer and the need to withdraw before taking action.
This episode is the first of our 4-part advent series – preparing a way for the Lord. We focus on the scripture passages of Matthew 3:3 and 3:11, and the purpose of John the Baptist and the preparation he undertook for his mission. We hope this series provides inspiration and motivation for your time of preparation this Advent.
Christmas 2022 episode! What is Advent preparing us for? What should Christmas look like for us as Christians? Join Stina & Padre in this 2022 Christmas episode!
We enter the final two weeks of Advent! This week, Stina and Padre discuss the symbolism of the third and forth candles we light… symbols of Joy and Love.
Week 2 of Advent… have you ever wondered what the second candle symbolises? Time to discuss PEACE, the symbolism of the second candle we light in Advent.
Here is a mini retreat for Advent that takes us through a six-part guide that will help prepare for the coming of the Christ-Child!
As we enter the season of Advent this week, Stina and Padre discuss the symbolism of the first violet candle we light… the symbol of Hope.