For many, Christmas celebrations follow the four main themes of Advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. Subscribe to have The Washington Times’ Higher Ground delivered to your inbox every Sunday.

"Each week of Advent focuses on a different theme — hope, peace, joy, and love. Christians from all denominations and backgrounds celebrate Advent in different ways, but all focus on the ...

For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical year and serves as a period of anticipation and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus ...

Just as with the meaning of each Advent candle ... They are the hope prophesied in the Old Testament; the peace of the Incarnation; the joy it brings; the love we can experience — and Jesus ...

As the beginning of the liturgical year, Advent is a period of anticipation and spiritual preparation, allowing believers to reflect on themes of hope, peace, joy and love. During Advent ...

This Advent season ... you can find ‘peace on earth’ in your own heart." And he wished people well on this journey. Another leader of faith shared comments on the theme of hope during the ...

Westmont, said that throughout Advent, he has focused on hope, peace, joy and love. "The first week ... the Christmas message will wrap the Advent themes together to say that what the world ...

so they may experience the peace, love, joy and hope of Advent and Christmas. And may we listen when God speaks to us in the silence of our hearts, and no longer listen to our fears, but listen to ...

In this second week of Advent, let students pray to Jesus to strengthen our faith that He has not orphaned us. Having faith in His love ... of-peace-for-advent-week-2.html). Nurturing hope in ...

The next week of Advent offers us peace as we await the birth of our Savior. The third week brings us joy amid Lent's fasting and penance. The fourth and last week brings us to remember "the Angel's ...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. – Francis of Assisi ...