The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for ...

The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the ...

He emphasised this point during his homily at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Abuja recently ... “Lent is not a time of trial but a time for consecration, a time to prepare our hearts ...