Catholics treat Advent similar to Lent. They give up something, like candy or coffee or snacks, etc.
Advent starts 4 weeks before Christmas and lasts until Christmas Eve.
Some Catholics "track" Advent by lighting an Advent wreath. An Advent wreath is a wreath with four candles, three purple and one pink. For each week of Advent they light another candle (the pink one is for the third week in Advent).
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because hyms hymns are prayers, and you pray a lot during advent.
Advent is counted down by weeks, not days until Christmas ad is used by catholics (like myself)
No, Catholics do not pray to statues. Catholics pray to God, Jesus, and ask Saints to pray for them.
A Christmas novena is a prayer who Catholics pray every day for 9 days before Christmas.
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4 weeks before Christmas is actually what we call Advent Season. Christians especially Catholics prepare for the coming of the Lord Jesus as an infant. Sunday is the day when the Advent season starts.
The most important times for Catholics are: Advent Christmas and the Christmas Season Lent Holy Week, including the Triduum Easter and the Easter Season Pentecost, perhaps the most important since it marks the birthday of the Church.
Not much as Catholics are Christians.
advent is the 4-week period prior to Christmas, with Christmas as the pinnacle and ending of the Advent.
The Esperanto words for Advent and Christmas are Alveno and Christmas.
The only reason why we as catholics or Christians celebrate advent is because we are waiting for the preparation for Christ to be born so every week we light up one candle for four weeks.
Catholics can pray anywhere, they don't have a certain place where they can only pray. They pray in places like churches, their home, or wherever