Discover the profound meaning of the fourth Advent candle: Love. Unlike modern notions of safe, comfortable love, this final candle represents a transformative divine love that demands our whole lives - arriving not with thunder, but through the vulnerability of Christmas.

Discover the profound meaning behind Advent's third rose-colored candle, the Gaudete candle. Explore how Christian joy differs from mere happiness it's not an escape from sorrow, but a defiant hope that transforms it. A meditation on finding joy in life's deepest moments.

The peace of Advent arrives not as an achievement but as a gift, not as something we create but as Someone who creates us anew. We are not looking for silence but for a song, not for the absence of conflict but for the presence of Christ

Consider the first Advent candle, which we light when the days are shortest and the nights are longest. If we were being entirely reasonable about it, this would be exactly the wrong time to speak of hope. It would be like planting a garden in winter