Advent 2024 Begins. The liturgical calendar of advent focuses on the four sundays leading up to christmas. The advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to christ’s second coming at the end of time, and to the anniversary of our lord’s birth on christmas.
The first sunday of advent is also the beginning of the new liturgical year when we transition into a new liturgical cycle. During this time of reflection, prayer, and.