Lectio Divina for Advent and the Blessings of a Holy Hour 2018

New resources for the second half of the season.

Claire Dwyer Features December 9, 2018

Click here for our second set of Advent guides, updated with new themes this year.

Advent blessings!

Claire Dwyer Claire Dwyer blogs about motherhood, the sacramentality of everyday life, and all things Catholic at EvenTheSparrow.com; and contributes regularly the WomenofGrace.com and CatholicMom.com. She coordinates adult faith formation at her parish in Phoenix, where she lives with her husband and their six children.

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