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Advent 2020
Mon 30th November
Tues 1st December
Wed 2nd December
Thurs 3rd December
Fri 4th December
Mon 7th December
Tues 8th December
Wed 9th December
Thurs 10th December
Fri 11th December
Mon 14th December
Tues 15th December
Mon 21st December
Wed 16th December
Thurs 17th December
Fri 18th December
Tues 22nd December
Wed 23rd December
Christmas Eve 24th December
Advent Calendar 2020
Monday 30th November
God of Love,
As I prepare to celebrate the birth of your son, Jesus, open my heart to the needs of others. Help
me to respond with love and compassion to the cries of my sisters and brothers around the world
who go without clean drinking water every day.
Amen
Tuesday 1st December
‘With joy you will draw water from the fountains of salvation, And you will say on that day: give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; Among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.’
Isaiah 12:3-4
Wednesday 2nd December
‘Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest
heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he
commanded and they were created.’ Psalm 148:3-5
Thursday 3rd December
God of Mercy, You renew us in the waters of Baptism,
showing us that water is sacred
and holy. May we work to protect it and
ensure that all of your children have
access to clean, life-giving water
free from diseases.
Amen
Friday 4th December
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Monday 7th December
“Water is the most essential
element for life and the future
of humanity depends on our ability to guard it and share it.”
Pope Francis
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star,
Guide of the wanderer here below,
Thrown on life's surge, we claim thy care, Save us from peril
and from woe. Mother of Christ,
Star of the sea, Pray for the wanderer,
pray for me. Amen
Wednesday 9th December
“Our world has a grave social debt towards the poor who
lack access to drinking water, because they are denied the right to a life consistent with
their inalienable dignity.” Pope Francis
Thursday 10th December
“Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God
and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into
the hearts of those who pray.”
Saint Louise de Montfort
Monday 14th December
We pray for our sisters and brothers around the world who do not have enough clean water to drink; For those who walk for miles to fetch water each day. May we have a change of heart to lift up and support the poor, ensuring everyone has access to the water they need. Amen
Friday 11th December
“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water who is so useful, humble, precious, and pure.” Saint Francis of Assisi
Tuesday 15th December
‘You visit the earth and water it, make it abundantly fertile. God’s stream is filled
with water; you supply their grain. Thus do you prepare it: you drench its ploughed furrows, and level its ridges.
With showers you keep it soft, blessing its young sprouts. You adorn the year with your
bounty; your paths drip with fruitful rain.’ Psalm 65:10-12
Wednesday 16th December
“For us Christians, water represents an essential element of purification and of life. We think immediately of baptism, the sacrament of our rebirth. Water made holy by the Spirit is the matter by which God has given us life and renewed us; it is the blessed source of undying life. “
Pope Francis
Thursday 17th December
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To
the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.’
Revelation 21:6
Friday 18th December
“In considering the fundamental role of water in creation and in human development,
I feel the need to give thanks to God for “Sister Water”, simple and useful for life like
nothing else on our planet. “ Pope Francis
Monday 21st December
‘He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields.’
Job 5:10
Tuesday 22nd December
“Yet access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal
human right, since it is essential to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the
exercise of other human rights.”
Pope Francis
Wednesday 23rd December
‘They did not thirst when he led them through dry lands; Water from the
rock he set flowing for them; he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.’
Isaiah 48:21
Christmas Eve
Jesus answered and said to her,
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but
whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I
shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to
eternal life.”
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not
be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
John 4:13-15
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