Advent 2024

Advent 2024

This Advent, Bishop Michael invites you to be active in your preparation to receive Christ into your heart this Christmas. Advent is a time of hopeful anticipation and preparation, a period where we reflect on the profound mystery of the Incarnation—the moment God chose to dwell among us. To prepare your heart, consider dedicating time each day to prayer and reflection, perhaps through the use of some of the Advent resources below.

This Advent, let us commit to being active participants in our spiritual journey, preparing our hearts to celebrate the miraculous gift of Christ with renewed faith and joy.


Advent Resources

FORMED

Bishop Robert Barron

Food For Faith

St Paul Center for Biblical Theology - Scott Hahn

Hallow

Reconciliation

“Confession is an act of honesty and courage – an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.” St Pope John Paul II

See our Christmas Mass Times page for Reconciliation times in parishes across the Diocese of Christchurch.