Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 8 · The Church Sanctifying: Worship
Advent and Christmas Explained
Advent is a season of joyful, watchful waiting. Christmas is not one day but a whole season that celebrates God made man and revealed to the world.
Explore the idea
Discuss each question as a class before revealing the answer.
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The world often celebrates Christmas from Thanksgiving to December 25 and then stops. The Church waits during Advent and then celebrates long after December 25. What would it look like for your family to keep Christmas the Church’s way?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 8 (“The Church Sanctifying: Worship”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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