Product Overview Prepare your heart to welcome the Prince of Peace. This pocket-sized Companion follows a practical, page-a-day format and features original meditations on each day's Gospel by one of twentygifted authors. - A variety of beautiful and practical blessings - An Advent Penance Service - Specially commissioned poetry - Advent Stations - The O Antiphons Advent is that sacred season of anticipation andexpectation in which we come to terms with thedeepest yearning of our soula yearning fulfilledonly in Jesus Christ. As we wait in longing forthe coming of the Christ Child at Christmas, weturn over to him all the false satisfactionsthecompromisesof our life. To live Advent is to livein the awareness of a Presence that changes us. Our Advent preparation is marked by vigilancecustody of the heart, in which we keep our soulfixed on the Lord. For what we see incarnate inthe infant Jesus wedesire for ourselves: purity,innocence, childlikeness restored. In the birthof this Child we know the promise of our ownspiritual rebirth. This rich spiritual companion will accompanyyou like a beloved friend through the four weeksof Advent with poignant scriptural reflections foreach day of the season. You will also find a wealthof meditative prayers, essays, and poetry, anexamination of conscience, and a unique feature:the Advent Stations. If you long for the nearnessof God in your life, this invaluable little bookletpromises to bring you ever closer to the One whopromised: I am with you always (Mt 28:20).