Advent Candle Blessings 2016-1st Sunday
First Sunday of Advent The first flicker of light tops the candle among the greens of our Advent Wreath. Our candle has yielded its substance to fire and casts its gentle glow. The candle and the fire have become one. We stand at the threshold of a season of longing, of waiting. “O Come Emmanuel, God with us.” He is present in every atom of his creation. He surrounds us…