How can one best llive Advent?

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I know Advent has some similarities with Lent. How can one have a good ADVENT? What ought we be doing?
 
I guess good things and maybe giving some stuff up more so than normal. Wish me luck on doing so!
 
I think of Advent as more a time of quiet anticipation rather than penitence. It’s a time for prayer, for contemplation, for wonder. I think the hardest thing about Advent is finding quiet time – or perhaps making it a priority – when busy-ness takes over our lives.
 
We wait in anticipation for the 'Birth of our Savior" and should be joyful in what Christmas really means. We should also look to our brothers and sisters who are in need of a helping hand.[ this ought to be done all year round ] and do what we can for them… Spiritually meditate on what the birth of Jesus means to us, why He has come into the world, where His journey through life will take Him. May your heart be fill of Love and may the Baby Jesus embrace you and yours.🦋🦋
 
Thanks for polluting an othereise lovely topic. Is there some reason you think the world needs more ugliness?
 
Lol…

Pop culture reference went way over your head, eh?

PS, if anyone complains or makes the ridiculous claim that thats not “pg” (something I’ve gotten in trouble in this board for) that movie is rated PG-13 and we both made literal verbatim quotes from it.

Can’t get much more PG than verbatim quoting a PG movie.

The people who find such things troubling seriously worry me when I think how much they must have to smother their kids. There’s a reason Catholic school girls have the reputation they have… severe oppression leads to severe rebellion.
 
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I was under the impression the language on this forum was to be rated PG…

Christmas Vacation is rated PG…

How much more PG does it get than verbatim quoting a PG movie?

I feel there is an overly sensitive, waaaay too easily offended, very thin skinned attitude taken by many on this forum.

I do appreciate the forum rebuild though - I’ve been suspended twice now. On the old forum, I would’ve been permanently banned twice over.
(My first suspension was for quoting Trump verbatim and using censored cuss words which he used in the quote. My second suspension was for telling someone they may have received Communion unworthily and to do so is sacrilege)

I’m a Military Veteran who was raised by my father - a USMC combat veteran and a literal truck driver… let’s just say, four letter words have been part of my vocabulary since I was four years old 😃 Maybe my skin is just a bit thicker than your average bears…
 
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I’m a Military Veteran who was raised by my father - a USMC combat veteran and a literal truck driver… let’s just say, four letter words have been part of my vocabulary since I was four years old 😃 Maybe my skin is just a bit thicker than your average bears…
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Try to be a perfect gentleman, or we shall make you do push-ups.

(Full disclosure: I probably use language much worse than you when I’m really angry, but I am trying to quit.)
 
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Flutter kicks for me, I’m a fatbody.

“On your face, scumbag!”

insert random R Lee Ermey quote
 
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I feel there is an overly sensitive, waaaay too easily offended, very thin skinned attitude taken by many on this forum.
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Hey, the movie is called Christmas Vacation. This is a thread about Advent. It’s off topic anyway!

For the record, I work on a university campus. People don’t even have to be upset to have four-letter words flying out of their mouths. I still think it’s ugly and wish they would refrain.
 
We are talking about the birth of Jesus Christ, would both of you kindly stop out of respect, please. Thank you.and God Bless:🦋🦋
 
One thing I like to do is Advent candles, whether it be some time during the day or in the evening. It’s a great reminder of expectation and encourages a spirit of recollection.
 
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Spiritual reading always makes sense. I’ve been undertaking Ruysbroeck’s “Seven Steps of the Ladder of Spiritual Love,” which deals much with the various advents of Christ – whether according to the flesh or through grace.
 
At least Advent gets us out of “Ordinary Time.” I hate Ordinary Time. It’s so…ordinary. 😁
 
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