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Advent 2020

Mon 30th November

Tues 1st December

Wed 2nd December

Thurs 3rd December

Fri 4th December

Mon 7th December

Tues 8th December

Wed 9th December

Thurs 10th December

Fri 11th December

Mon 14th December

Tues 15th December

Mon 21st December

Wed 16th December

Thurs 17th December

Fri 18th December

Tues 22nd December

Wed 23rd December

Christmas Eve 24th December

Advent Calendar 2020

Monday 30th November

God of Love,

As I prepare to celebrate the birth of your son, Jesus, open my heart to the needs of others. Help

me to respond with love and compassion to the cries of my sisters and brothers around the world

who go without clean drinking water every day.

Amen

Tuesday 1st December

‘With joy you will draw water from the fountains of salvation, And you will say on that day: give thanks to the LORD, acclaim his name; Among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.’

Isaiah 12:3-4

Wednesday 2nd December

‘Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest

heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he

commanded and they were created.’ Psalm 148:3-5

Thursday 3rd December

God of Mercy, You renew us in the waters of Baptism,

showing us that water is sacred

and holy. May we work to protect it and

ensure that all of your children have

access to clean, life-giving water

free from diseases.

Amen

Friday 4th December

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Monday 7th December

“Water is the most essential

element for life and the future

of humanity depends on our ability to guard it and share it.”

Pope Francis

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star,

Guide of the wanderer here below,

Thrown on life's surge, we claim thy care, Save us from peril

and from woe. Mother of Christ,

Star of the sea, Pray for the wanderer,

pray for me. Amen

Wednesday 9th December

“Our world has a grave social debt towards the poor who

lack access to drinking water, because they are denied the right to a life consistent with

their inalienable dignity.” Pope Francis

Thursday 10th December

“Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God

and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into

the hearts of those who pray.”

Saint Louise de Montfort

Monday 14th December

We pray for our sisters and brothers around the world who do not have enough clean water to drink; For those who walk for miles to fetch water each day. May we have a change of heart to lift up and support the poor, ensuring everyone has access to the water they need. Amen

Friday 11th December

“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water who is so useful, humble, precious, and pure.” Saint Francis of Assisi

Tuesday 15th December

‘You visit the earth and water it, make it abundantly fertile. God’s stream is filled

with water; you supply their grain. Thus do you prepare it: you drench its ploughed furrows, and level its ridges.

With showers you keep it soft, blessing its young sprouts. You adorn the year with your

bounty; your paths drip with fruitful rain.’ Psalm 65:10-12

Wednesday 16th December

“For us Christians, water represents an essential element of purification and of life. We think immediately of baptism, the sacrament of our rebirth. Water made holy by the Spirit is the matter by which God has given us life and renewed us; it is the blessed source of undying life. “

Pope Francis

Thursday 17th December

‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To

the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.’

Revelation 21:6

Friday 18th December

“In considering the fundamental role of water in creation and in human development,

I feel the need to give thanks to God for “Sister Water”, simple and useful for life like

nothing else on our planet. “ Pope Francis

Monday 21st December

‘He gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields.’

Job 5:10

Tuesday 22nd December

“Yet access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal

human right, since it is essential to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the

exercise of other human rights.”

Pope Francis

Wednesday 23rd December

‘They did not thirst when he led them through dry lands; Water from the

rock he set flowing for them; he cleft the rock, and waters welled forth.’

Isaiah 48:21

Christmas Eve

Jesus answered and said to her,

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but

whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I

shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to

eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not

be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

John 4:13-15

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