Understanding the True Meaning of Advent - Ask a Marian

Fr. Chris Alar explains what Advent really is, how to properly observe it, and what graces God wants to give us.
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[@lisasaims3007]

Thank You Fr Alar!❤

[@deevine9255]

This is the true WAKE movement, not WOKE. Haha. I love that, Fr. Chris! God bless.

[@parysethibodeau9474]

Amen 🙏 Praying for Lance and all in Austria 🇦🇹 😞

[@FredMath]

I thank st Jude Thaddeus and our Heavenly father, the son, the holy spirit and all the angels, our blessed virgin mother Mary for their love and care for me, my dad, brother, sisters and my entire family. Amen

[@martageorge2307]

We are empty without our Jesus ,very true 🙏🕯thank you Father Chris

[@corneliacalagui911]

,w

[@EvelynRivera-z3k]

Some of us are empty even though we say we believe, that is even worse! Time to pray Catholics and if you already are, time to pray some more!

[@ThuanNguyen-su5yv]

I ask you to pray for my mother. Maria Hien and her sister Maria Y Ben are in good health. full of Mary's grace and overcome the corona virus pandemic. I ask you for my father John bt. Thien is also in good health and is not infected with corona virus like me. I also ask you for my Russian study record to be approved and get a study abroad permit by the end of this year 2021. I also ask you to pray for Maria Y Ben to soon repay the debt.

[@lyndexter2757]

Thank you Father... I can't believe that our parish does not teach us any of these things we hear on your channel. I have been catholic all my life and dont even know some of these things. It's quite worrieng to see how much we have missed out. Thank you for all the enlightenment God bless and Happy New Year to you and your team ... from my family in South Africa

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for joining us and God bless you an all in South Africa

[@lyndexter2757]

@@DivineMercy_Official Thank you and God bless you and your team too.

[@kayte13]

Wonderful explanation, Father

[@marykopydlowski6037]

This was awesome especially the ending. Thank you so much

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for joining us Mary and God bless you

[@CrisalexR]

Fr. Chris Alar thank you so much for these videos that you and your staff make. I truly can’t thank you enough on how informative they all are. May the Lord continue to bless you and your church so that we may all continue to benefit from your talks. God bless you Fr. Chris Alar.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank so much for the words of encouragement Christian.... when we know it is helping people, that inspires us to continue :)

[@bonnies.8699]

Thank you, Father. Bonnie

[@saggost6438]

Thank you father Chris for this wonderful spiritual lesson 🙏✝️🌹🕊✝️🌹🙏✝️🌹

[@ellaadzhemyan6444]

Stay Awake! Thank you Father Chris ❤ 🙏

[@fireside007]

Thank You Father . . . 3 am Adoration 🙏

[@veronicakariuki5143]

Thank you Fr chris, I use this video for my CCD class. God bless you.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you so much Veronica God bless you for your teaching the faith! Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you. God bless you

[@lisagroves38]

Thank you Fr Chris 🌹🙏

[@sandramaldonado1918]

Thanks Fr Chris never tier of teaching us. God bless you and all the Marians.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You too Sandra... God bless you

[@lisagriffin1542]

Just now seeing this Thank you for sharing Fr. Chris. God bless Advent is such a blessing 🙌

[@ofeliacaballero5857]

Stay Awake! I love these words, very encouraging and forceful if we want Jesus coming and union with Him be joyful forever. Thank you, Fr. Chris.

[@kimsoilodunis1746]

Thank You Father, may God bless you 🙏

[@joannawolfe1100]

Thank you for WAKING US UP, Fr. Chris!!

[@Maria_Calimlim858]

Thank you Father Chris for this beautiful explanation of Advent 💕

[@jaredsuire3168]

“The vast majority were not ready the first time.” - great point

[@FionaArat]

Thank you I pray for you may you continue your teaching to the world changing hearts and saving souls ❤

[@ravilepcha6241]

Thank you Father 🙏

[@mollylule4242]

Thank you Fr. for clarifying Advent...

[@mavi5248]

"The surest way for us to be ready for Jesus Christ's coming in the future is to be ready now"...Thank you Fr Chris for constantly reminding us to go to confessions and receive the Holy Communion and to be honest, we've learned so many things from you and may The Holy Family bless us with the Gifts of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace in our hearts... God bless🙏❤

[@Angela-l5q]

Thank you! Fr. Chris

[@julietamamboyo2590]

Thank u so much fr Alar. U r such a blessing to us all

[@euchariaoparaji3933]

Thank you Father Chris for this explanation of advent.

[@everythingisIAM]

Awesome! Thank you for this post. Fr. Chris make sure you get enough rest to get over your cold, as a nurse I know it's important to rest when you're able so your body can naturally heal faster. Praying for all of you!

[@DivineMercy_Official]

THank you Elynn and God bless

[@Restless318]

Thank you Father Christ God bless you all

[@ninakosi7979]

Thank you Father Chris for all the things that you are teaching us, small things and big things, things we took for granted, things we don’t know the meaning of, then it wakes us up, and feel proud that we are born catholic, Jesus Christ love people. Thank you Lord God our Father.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, Nina, God bless you!

[@inamparry2710]

Lord Jesus birth was and is the greatest blessing and gift from our Heavenly Father for human kind. As His Majisty is, so is His Mercy. Thank you Father Chris, we love listening to your faith and wisdom that is changing our lives to be trust worthy for the Kingdom of Heaven. God bless you 🙏❤

[@tatesc4252]

Amen✝❤. Thank you Rev. Father Chris.🌹

[@collinchristovich6200]

Thank you for another great, informative video, Fr. Chris Alar! This will really help for a more fruitful Advent this year! And thank you for the prayers against global medical tyranny.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thanks Collin.... appreciate the support of the truth. God bless

[@prosantomukerji3931]

@Collin Chrisivich: It was a good learning experience. An Indian Christian. Pray for them for strength.

[@dorisvillagonzalo5331]

Thank you for explaining the true meaning of advent

[@jagodacoric1468]

Thank you Fr.Chris God bless you and all Marian Father.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You too Jagoda

[@michelleharkness7549]

Greetings from southcentral Texas USA 🇺🇸; this is amazing 😉; the teachings and advice are wonderful; listening carefully! ; thank you, Father Chris & Media Technical Support People and Staff @ Divine Mercy; again, thank you, Father Chris & Media Technical Support People and Staff @ Divine Mercy, thank you.

[@michelleharkness7549]

Greetings:, amen 🙏 alleluia; in thanksgiving- wishing you a blessed glorious day: hug 🤗, love ❤️, be very, very, very safe and GOD BLess.

[@michelleharkness7549]

Greetings; amen 🙏 alleluia: special intention: asking for prayers for my father Ralph Brendon Joseph Dube who is recently deceased and would have been aged ninety today.

[@michelleharkness7549]

Greetings:, amen 🙏 alleluia: in thanksgiving: fwiw - I have my Christmas tree 🎄 up already and I hope that in some ununderstandable way that I am not being disrespectful

[@michelleharkness7549]

Greetings: amen 🙏 alleluia; in thanksgiving: praised be the Almighty Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Our Savior, Our Esteemed King 🤴, Viva Cristo Rey!

[@lauralangley7240]

Dear Father Chris, I want to thank you for such an outstanding and very thorough teaching about advent. I also enjoyed your explanation of the colors and the reason for the wreath as well. I decided this year to get an advent wreath and to start lighting the candle along with prayer time. I found it to be very symbolic and a great practice. Thank you again for this video. I totally forgot this was a time for penance and want to thank you because we want to be properly prepared. Amen!

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for watching and God bless you

[@fort5521]

Awesome. We are all taught the first of celebrating Jesus’s birth then get stuck there without understanding we are celebrating also the waiting of Christs return both of our heart and over the world, as the bride and bridegroom.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, you got it :)

[@fort5521]

@@DivineMercy_Official become old enough, just the accumulation of information and observation of society with the HS of course develops Wisdom. And now I understand why they refer to the Ellderly as wise.

[@giarose6493]

Thank you 🙏

[@loginroberts6673]

Thank u so Much.GOD BLESS.Advent is now More Understanding.Lets Pray and have Love Peace and Joy.

[@paulaann6117]

Emptying my jars, so they may be filled by Jesus. TYSM Fr Chris. O come O come Emmanuel ✝️🙏✝️

[@ROSIE112109]

Thank you Fr. Alar for this amazing explanation! I agreed with all my brothers & sisters here! We have grown so much bc of you, your crew and the time you have share with us. May God continue to bless you and all those who we don't see but make this messages go around the world. THANK YOU ✝️🕊🙏👏👏👏

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you too Rosie... God bless you

[@alanbourbeau24]

Advent is my favorite liturgical season within the Catholic calendar. And in preparation for Advent, I have my battery powered Advent candles. So for each Sunday and week of Advent I light one candle at a time. And what does Advent mean to me? It's for me to prepare myself for the glorious second coming of Jesus Christ and his birthday and it gives me a opportunity to make sincere repentance for whatever I did wrong and hopefully do better in the future and make improvements for myself.

[@andreaalampi3918]

Thank you for my New Year/Advent lesson

[@peggyideo6760]

Thank You Fr.Chris ,For All Your Teachings To Us ,Keeping Our Marian Family And Also Your Parents In My Thoughts And Prayers,I Loved Sharing Everything ,All Your Masses And Seminars With My Dad ,Who Had Dementia But Never Forgot The Love He Had And Now Shares At Home With The Lord As He Passed 3weeks Ago ,Im Really Missing Sharing This Messages With Him Now But I Know Wholeheartedly He Would Have Loved Hearing This ,God Bless You Always Fr.Chris 🙏🏻🕊🌹🕊🙏🏻

[@DivineMercy_Official]

God bless you too Peggy.... thank you for being part of our Marian family!

[@erlindaestrellado8184]

Thanks For Sharing Amen JMJ

[@carolhannah4635]

Thank you so much Fr Chris God bless you and your community. Special thanks for your blessing to us. 🙏

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for being with us Carol and God bless you

[@Sofia-wx2ht]

Happy new year. .God be with us all❤️🙏🏾

[@jeannefutwembun330]

Thank you very much for the wonderful teaching Fr Chris Alar..God bless your great ministry.

[@emilymclane5965]

I love all your videos! Jesus speaks powerfully in you

[@dorop2260]

Thank you Fr Chris for beautifully explaining about Advent. God bless you and keep you in good health always Father.

[@larrypassi2715]

Thank you Fr. Chris. May God bless you & protect you. Best way to explain Lent & Advent.

[@scarlet020100]

That is a beautiful meditation about the jars being empty and then Jesus filling them up! I wear a veil and wear purple during Lent/Advent except Laetare/Gaudatte when I have a pink one. Its a way to take a small part in the Liturgy.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for practicing your faith

[@dimaygarin2866]

Thanks be to God ✝️ my prayers are with you all this Advent season 🙏🏻 💒 🙌🏻 May our hearts burn deeper and radiate brighter for our Lord 🤲🏻💜💐🕯#GiftedToGive🕊🇵🇭 #WeGiveOurYes #500YOC

[@veliavasquez3496]

Thank you Fr Chris for bringing us closer to our Savior by your sharing on the meaning of Advent. May our Father's blessings be upon you forever.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you Velia and God bless you

[@gerardchee2766]

Thank you vvmuch Fr. Chris Alar for ur deeply n vast knowledge n understanding lessons of our Faith in u all's videos. Had been sharing d ones i watch with my contacts. As for me short videos help coz seems hard to listen to abt an hour n a half videos doh love to. May d LORD GOD ALMIGHTY thru JMJ bless all of u Marian Fathers n bless us all who follow ur teachings n devotions. Amen. 1OF, 3HM, 1GB 4u all, Fr. Chris.

[@VeronicasVeil333]

Thank you, Father! That was awesome - as usual. Happy Advent🕯✝️

[@juanaguitierrez1801]

Amen!! Fruitful 😊🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻💜✝️🕯🕊

[@adrineabassian4517]

Thank you Fr. Chris, for the heartfelt message. Happy New Year to all the Marian priests. We say in Armenian (Cristos Dzenav yev Haydnetsav) Christ is born and revealed 💞

[@Rubiastraify]

Thank you so much! This was very enlightening and helps me understand the faith more deeply.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for watching

[@hairyballs4640]

Convinced myself to run around With someone else to forget about you But I can't hold you responsible for the things I do I said your name by mistake Played it off like I'm just confused But I was frontin', lyin' to myself When I know the truth Was I missed you Yes, it's true I should've known not to let you go Let you go 'Cause I missed you Baby boo We could've grown if I held you close Held you close I hurt myself a hundred times Just to feel something in my soul I kept knocking even though I knew What's behind that door But then I heard you call my name And it sounded like the sweetest song You never moved on You were waiting for me all along Well, I missed you Yes, it's true Should've known not to let you go Let you go Well, I missed you Baby boo We could've grown if I held you close Held you close Well, I missed you Yes, it's true Should've known not to let you go Let you go Ohh, I missed you Yes, it's true I should've known not to let you go Let you go Girl, I missed you

[@roseliganor6546]

Thank you so much Father Chris praying for you and your family and also all Marian priests,seminarians and all staffs @ the Divine Mercy Shrine I can’t thank you enough for all your efforts God bless you all!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you Rose and God bless you

[@louiseb.7946]

Dear Fr. Chris, I really appreciate all the teaching segments you provide. They vary in length and content, but always get at the root of the most important things. The topics are well chosen and your love and care for God's people is tangible, at least to me. God bless you and keep you.

[@JoniMitchell-qi6hr]

Thx father for enlightening all Of the importance of Advent and the interpetation of the beautiful Advent wreath❤🎉😊

[@rdbare4216]

Many thanks! We tried to keep Advent Christmas & Epiphany distinct but of course interwoven. We tried to keep some Christmas observance thru the old Candlemas day, the Presentation/Infant Divine. It’s a far more meaningful season that way. I think more people would do it that way if only they understood.

[@rmariam0347]

I really enjoyed the video about Advent

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for watching

[@josephrainonejr.4381]

Thank Fr. Chris, this was very informative and helpful. Wishing you a blessed and Merry Christmas, God bless!

[@TheBruins108]

I went to Catholic School for 8 years and I never learned this and to this day I have never heard my Bishop in my Diocese or Priest at my Church say anything about all of this ever.

[@gerardchee2766]

Agree. Never heard this much in detail frm Fr. Chris abt Advent doh hv a few knowledge of Advent. May d Bl.Trinity thru Jesus, Mother Mary n St. Joseph gives us lessons of our Faith thru d Marian Fathers esply in short takes like 10 or 30 minutes videos dat are necessary n possible. God bless us all thru JMJ. Amen.

[@petercole5858]

Happy New Liturgical Year

[@bryanlahaise595]

Just Today I received a very special Card from Father Donald Calloway. The Genuine, Love and Mercy, He showed Me in that Card, gave Me the Grace to finally let go and move of on and spread the Message of Love and Mercy. If You see Father Calloway, please Thank Him for Me and tell Him I will Pray for Him and all Marian’s in Stockbridge. Lord Jesus Christ, Son Of God, Have Mercy On Me a Sinner. I Love Youball.

[@michaelhaywood8262]

I have read somewhere that the Orthodox Church still keep a 40 day Advent beginning on November 15.

[@arniecabasag6158]

Amen

[@marybailey6254]

Father, why don’t the clergy and the lay people bow their heads at the name of JESUS? I was a child when I was taught the adoration to Christ, some 70 years ago, was imperative. I make the Sign of the Cross when I pass a Roman Catholic Church. I bend my knee when I enter the area of the Altar and when I leave the Church. I don’t bend at the waist. What is the reason for these changes as signs of adoration and respect to Our Lord? 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, Mary, those are good traditions and certainly are not forbidden from being done. We should do them. God bless.

[@mytakeonthis2688]

Father Alar, if one cannot go to confession and communion, what can a Catholic do, to replace it within the confines of our home. Thank you and may our Lord guide yoi always to continue your good work.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

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[@raros5475]

I wonder sometimes if I lived in the time Jesus was on earth, would I have believed that he was the Messiah. I pray I would've.

[@jimmcdonough5497]

Happy New year fr

[@praizejesus5772]

"Prepare the Way if the Lord" Isaiah said that too.

[@tarynlanczy2183]

So hard to go to confession when our Church only has confession before Saturday Mass ...

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, appointments are another way or maybe another church nearby. God bless.

[@ledadicamilo1706]

My Presepe is up!

[@katerster6179]

❤️🙏

[@marialtharngan6419]

Amen 🙏

[@annaloph]

🙏🕊🐑🌟🎄

[@dianeray5205]

Did not know about different purples

[@jojo_mcelwee6591]

❤️

[@JayRedding12_12]

I just learned recently that the Advent wreath was started bry the Lutherans.

[@nancyheath4377]

👍🙏

[@conservativeladyofcaliforn3044]

🕯🕯🕯

[@imeldafeeney6336]

Can you describe how St. Francis originate the crib at Christmas

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, I did a talk on that a while back

[@piepeeya4604]

Viva Cristo Rey!

[@thomasehrlich8623]

Why is the virgin birth only mentioned in Matthew and Luke. It’s not mentioned at all in Mark or John. Even Paul doesn’t speak of it. Isn’t it important enough ?

[@DivineMercy_Official]

There's no miracle mentioned in all four gospels other than the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves which foreshadows the Eucharist. So you could say this about just about any miracle of the Bible.

[@ledadicamilo1706]

The Nativity scene? The Presepe? Every year even 50 years old turn back to childhood and set up a nativity scene. It was introduced by Saint Francis of Assisi!

[@giarose6493]

Where do one find one of those???

[@sunnysideforward2623]

Hi Father Chris I have an off-topic question: If i'm in a state of mortal sin and I prayed to God, will God still be there for me?

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes, God is always there for us.... but mostly in the Church. So please consider going to confession for the forgiveness guaranteed in the sacrament that Christ gave us in the Church. Keeping you in prayer. God bless.

[@sunnysideforward2623]

@@DivineMercy_Official Thank you so much Father Chris for your response I will go to confession as soon as I can. I will also pray for you and your family and everyone Thank you and God Bless you Father Chris

[@DivineMercy_Official]

@@sunnysideforward2623 God bless you too and know that you're in our prayers

[@imeldafeeney6336]

The Story of St. Francis originating the Crib at Christmas

[@barbaradolby2929]

Isn't it true that confession can only be done when you are baptized? That's what I've been told

[@DivineMercy_Official]

No, not true. We can go to confession anytime

[@hairyballs4640]

Classwork: You can write inside your textbook. 12 4 21 In person class was write in Textbook ,Finding God, Pages 169 title reads- Copying the bible -ART PRINT 1 (white pages toward the back of textbook)- Draw 2 pictures from the bible; next page 170 Write a prayer thanking God for his mercy and love; next page 172- God's people- write on paper and explain what being God's Chosen people means to you..; next page 173 Draw a Christian symbol; Page 175 write 2 things you do on Sunday-Sabbath (SABBATH MEANS SUNDAY); Page 177 write about a time when you made a right decision at the bottom of page(moral choice); Page 178 Draw 3 pictures . You can use the Jesse Tree given, Advent topic. ;next Page 186 Jesus is our keystone. Write an example of a person you know who holds other people together.(bottom of page lines given for writing answer); Page 187 (bottom of page) -How can you be a healer?; Page 189 write (2) examples of small things you can do to show love for God and others in your book. Thank you Mrs. Tully

[@thomasehrlich8623]

Why are the synoptic gospels of Matthew and Luke so wildly different ? The nativity story in them are very contradictory. In Matthew Jesus is born in a House and in Luke he’s born in a manger. In Matthew after the birth Joseph , Mary and Jesus flee to Egypt. In Luke they go to Nazareth. Which one is correct ? They both can’t be right.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Actually they are both correct and there's no contradictions. They're just being told from two different perspectives. It's the same as if there was an accident with two different Witnesses who saw it and the same event in different ways.

[@sunnyjohnson992]

In Matthew’s account, the wise men(Not three wise men) first traveled from the east to Jerusalem, not to the birth city of Jesus, Bethlehem. By the time they finally reached Bethlehem, Jesus was a “young child”-no longer a baby and no longer in a stable but a house.

[@thelmapickett9544]

The term woke is defined as the following: Just what Jesus taught, I believe. alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism. "we need to stay angry, and stay woke" · [more]

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Dear Thelma you might want to read what archbishop Gomez of the USCCB said regarding this false religion movement. Quite alarming. God bless

[@thelmapickett9544]

@@DivineMercy_Official Jesus wasn't about religion. It was about Faith and Him crucified. That's all.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

@@thelmapickett9544 sorry Thelma but we cannot speak from our own authority. God gave the authority to his Church. Christ organized religion. He established the college of bishops by selecting the apostles, gave them authority through apostolic succession, established the chair of the papacy and put Peter upon it. Again, it's not our place to tell him he is wrong. God bless and keeping you in prayer.