Do you use an Advent Wreath?

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I’m planning on buying one this year but not sure how to use one. Which candles do you light first and for how long etc. I’ve always seen them used in church but pretty much took it for granted. This year, Christmas is for Christ and I want to start with Advent candles. Does anyone here use them?
 
Me too…ask your pastor , or hit New Advent and look it up. I plan to.
 
Traditionally there are 4 candles to the advent wreath. They can either be all white or 3 purple and one pink.

Some have 5 candles, the 5th candle is just used to light the other candles.

A new candle is lit for each of the 4 Sundays in Advent. If you are using the 3 purple and 1 pink candle, the pink candle is used on the 3rd Sunday of Advent.

When you light the candles and what you do when the candles are lite is up to you. I tend to do my daily readings and the Liturgy of the Hours Morning and Night Prayer with the candles lite.

Usually closer to Advent, EWTN’s web site will list blessings and prayers that can be used with advent wreaths, nativity scenes, and Christmas trees.
 
When I first started 6 years ago, I insisted to my husband that it was 3 pink candles & 1 purple. Of course, he knows me & didn’t feel it was worth the argument. He probably also knew that I would find out at church that advent, & I did. Well, since then we’ve used the 3 purple candles & 1 pink. If I had known about the 4 white candles that would have made it alot easier.

Our DRE gave us a list of weekly prayers & reflections geard toward children which are to be used during the advent season. We use these when lighting our candles.
 
Every year I say I’m going to get one and never do. This year I will. I’ll know which candles to light by watching what is done at Mass.
 
I found a beautiful Advent wreath several years ago at a Christian bookstore. It’s four nativity scene pieces which fit together in a circle. Each night of advent we light the appropriate candle(s) and sing a Christmas song (of the Jesus variety, no Jingle Bells). Now that my kids are older and reading I’m incorperating short readings along with the song.

In Christ,
Nancy 🙂
 
Michael C:
Every year I say I’m going to get one and never do. This year I will. I’ll know which candles to light by watching what is done at Mass.
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Oh, just go buy one already! 😉

Even though my parents were mostly nominal Catholics, we always had an Advent wreath. When I was younger we would usually light it at dinner time and say a prayer with the candles lit.

Now the wreath sits on my kitchen table, and I will usually light it for a few minutes each day while I read Scripture and pray.

We always do the 3-purple, 1-pink candles. Our parish makes it easy- the school sells wreaths and candles as a fundraiser, and there are usually free Advent devotionals available at the church doors.
 
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SeekerJen:
Oh, just go buy one already! 😉
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I kow, I know. These are the little things I really love about being Catholic.
 
I love the way the church builds up the anticipation in celebration. Most awesome. The Baptist church I grew up in only sany Christmas hymns the Sunday before Christmas and there was usually a Christmas play.

The solemn reverence felt in a Catholic church is like none other.
 
Hey to all I would like to suggest looking at the handmade advent wreaths on my site. We have been making these wreaths for the faithful since 2005. All the best- Ryan
www.advent-wreaths.com
 
Yes, I had an advent wreath last year and I also had a birthday cake and balloons for Jesus. And I don’t even have small children at home! But for once in my life, I wanted Jesus to take center stage at Christmas.
 
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