Post by david on Dec 4, 2019 18:14:40 GMT
Dear friends,
Advent this year begins on 14th. Astreae, corresponding to 11th. December.
The purpose of Advent is to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Divine Child. We prepare ourselves inwardly with acts of devotion, unselfishness, and self-denial; and our homes with decorations of greenery, candles, images of moons and stars, and the Nativity fir. The greenery represents life among the winter barrenness, the candles the Light Eternal, and the Nativity fir the World Tree. The fir is surmounted by a depiction of a star or a fairy doll representing the Star Fairy who is princess of the air-sylphs and rules the Advent period and the Nativity celebrations.
May She be with you,
David.