The Essential Advent and Christmas Handbook

Redemptorist Pastoral Publications

This reader-friendly companion provides everything Catholics need for a richer experience of the Advent and Christmas seasons. Whether readers wish to follow a traditional, contemporary, or family program of devotion and prayer for Advent and Christmas, this all-in-one resource will be a treasured guidebook.
Covers a wide range of topics including:
Morning and evening prayer services; A short history of Advent; The preparatory nature of Advent; Traditional hymns and symbols of Christmas; Traditional Christmas practices; A Christmas novena; Daily Christmas meditations; Family meal prayers for the holiday season; and a glossary of key terms. 288 pages. Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780764806612