Happy New Year!
Wait, what? New Years isn't for another month! If that's what you're thinking, then you are wrong. As Catholics, we celebrate a different new year - the liturgical New Year! Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and we celebrate our New Year. And it's not a cause for solemness and quietness, it is a time of celebration! You can even take some of the New Year traditions in your family and apply them to this New Year!
- Take out the Advent Wreath! Remember, the wreath with the four colored candles? You should bless them for this season and then light the first candle!
- Write New Year's Resolutions: Just like the upcoming New Year, you can write resolutions. Write down all the sins you can remember and resolve to try not to commit them again. You can also go to the sacrament of Penance!
- Pray the rosary: Start off your Advent Season well by praying this prayer. It doesn't take as long as you might think, and Our Lady promises special graces to those who pray it.
Feel free to come up with your own ideas as well. I pray that you find a way to celebrate your New Year the best you can. God bless!
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