AnneLine Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 ADVANCE NOTICE!!!!! - Advent Novena is coming Dec 7-15!!!Hello Phamily! Happy New Year! A lot of you know I am the Director for a Secular Order community for one of the Mendicant Orders. It's a custom in my Order (and in many others!) that a little statue of the Baby Jesus moves among the community members each day during Advent, and each sister or brother gets to have the Little Guy spend the day with them as a day of recollection. My community has adapted that so each one or more of us would get a chance to 'host' Jesus each day as He traveled through cyberspace... and we would all pray for that person in a special way. Up until last year, we did it during the traditional 'Christmas Novena' (think O-Antiphon period Dec. 17th - 24th). Last year the novices asked if we could do it EARLIER during Advent, specifically between Dec 7 and Dec 15.... because they felt that as lay people, they had more time and NEEDED to become recollected BEFORE the rush just before Christmas. I was startled at first, I decided they were making a really good request! It worked SO WELL we will be doing it that way again this year. This year, I'm extending the Phun to the Phatmass Phamily too! .................................... Rather than having people sign up for a day, I'm going to arbitrarily assign your special day by the first initial of Phatmass avatar names... Dec 7 A - C Dec 8 D - F Dec 9 G- I Dec 10 J - L Dec 11 M - O Dec 12 P - R Dec 13 S - U Dec 14 V - Z AND Dec 15 An extra day for dUSt & the 2012 Moderators! It seems appropriate to give them an extra day as a thank you for being our hosts all year long! (Also included are those who did a partial term of service during 2012)! Each day you can expect to find.... * A different 'baby Jesus' image to enjoy * Some kind of a link to a spiritual video to help us prepare for Christmas and to make our Advent more prayerful. * A video link that is more for fun (because that is part of Advent, too!). * A little virtue-type habit to practice * Some kind of prayer activity.(This year the prayer activity will be a decade or so of 'scriptural rosary' type quotes each day. I'm choosing the quotes for the verses from St. John of the Cross' Romances -- his beautiful poems about the Incarnation.... Even if you don't like scriptural rosaries, there will still be some beautiful poetry to enjoy and use for your prayer...) *** You don't need to sign up; you're welcome to follow this or not! We will be praying for you! *** *** Watch for the first day on Dec 7 *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 BRING ITTTTTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 PROPS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 DO WANT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthetwin Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Sign me up and thanks for the opportunity to share this prayer with you, your communities, and all of us out here among the clouds. Pacem en Jesu Christi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mater Dolorosa Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 What a wonderful custom!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillT Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sweet! I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I love this idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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