Advent wreath placement and use in the home

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Okay, but more often than once a week on Sunday evening? Inquiring minds want to know 😊
 
It depends on the week. It is the holidays and we’re pretty busy. But basically whenever we eat our dinner in the dinning room, we light it. We just light the correct number of candles for the week.
 
Okay, thanks. I don’t mean to pry.

I ask this question because I’m the only one I know IRL who lights the wreath every evening. Everyone else only does once a week, on Sundays, and they all think I’m weird. I am weird, but not for this reason IMO. It reassures me to learn there are others who don’t confine their wreath lighting to Sunday evening. ā¤ļø
 
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Ours is currently missing…
Of course, we’re already 2 weeks into St. Philip’s Fast in the Byzantine Church and technically don’t have Advent. So if it doesn’t turn up, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it…
 
We’ve just started to use our Advent wreath…I downloaded the procedure at a Catholic website and printed it…it has a prayer to bless the wreath and sprinkle with holy water… a prayer is then said for the first week at the evening meal and the candle extinguished after the meal is finished…the following week the first and second candles are lit and a different prayer is said for that week…etc for the 3rd and 4th week…there are various Catholic online websites you can check out …some are slightly different than others…just type in ā€œCatholic Advent prayersā€ you’ll find them
 
Sunday is probably the day we are least likely to be home for dinner during Advent. We often are visiting with relatives or out doing something as a family.
 
We used to keep it on the coffee table but have moved it to the kitchen table. On Sundays, we light the candle, sing an advent song, and take turns leading a prayer. We make a pledge to do something to ā€œPrepare the way of the Lord.ā€
 
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.) Ours isn’t really a wreath yet because we haven’t bought a tree yet. That’s what I usually use for the greenery.
 
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