Happy New Year! Today is the First Sunday of Advent and the start of a new church year. How will you use the next four weeks to prepare yourself and your family for Christmas? It’s time to bring out and bless the Advent wreath! The progressive lighting of the candles symbolizes the expectation and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world and the anticipation of his second coming to judge the living and the dead. Gather your family together and bless your Advent wreath using the blessing found here: https://nolacatholic.org/blessing-of-the-advent-wreath.