Advent Songs

Advent Songs

Matt Fradd, for FOCUS

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Holding back the tide is impossible. How impossible? Well, to use an analogy, it’d be like not hearing Christmas music during Advent.

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Am I right? I’m right.

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This year my wife and I decided we’d implement some changes, some rituals which we hope will help us and our children be more cognizant of the season we’re in—Advent.

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We’ve decorated the house in purple (we’ll decorate it with Christmas colors on Christmas Eve), we aren’t eating dessert after meals, we have a sweet Advent wreath going on, and we’re going to try and pray the five joyful mysteries of the rosary with the kids (without killing them) each night before bed.

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Apart from that, I’ve been looking for some beautiful Advent songs to play during meals. It’s harder than I expected.

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Here are ten which I found particularly beautiful:

  1. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  2. O Come Divine Messiah
  3. Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
  4. Ave Maria
  5. Come Thou Fount
  6. Rorate Caeli Desuper
  7. Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
  8. Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Sounding
  9. Gabriel’s Message
  10. Veni, Veni Emanuel (Latin Version)


Further Resources

Video - Advent: More Than a Chocolate Calendar | Fr. Mike Schmitz | Ascension Presents What does Advent mean to you? A time to put the lights up, gift shop, and eat chocolate? Or is it something more? Fr. Mike says it’s good to prepare ourselves for Christmas during Advent, but ultimately that’s not what the liturgical season is about.

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Video - What's Unique About Advent? | Bishop Robert Barron Hear some Advent reflections from Bishop Robert Barron as we approach the Christmas season.

Advent is thus a favorable time to pray with greater intensity, to reserve to the spiritual life the important place it deserves.

- Pope Francis


Most excellent list. Thank you.

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Will Murley

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11 个月

Advent's a great time. My wife and I are doing a nightly examination of conscience for our Advent commitment.

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