{"id":1822,"date":"2009-11-29T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2009-11-30T13:46:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T18:46:37","slug":"the-first-sunday-of-advent-november-29-sunday-tidbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/the-first-sunday-of-advent-november-29-sunday-tidbit\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Sunday of Advent, November 29 Sunday Tidbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1833\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1833\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1833\" title=\"Photo_112709_001\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Photo_112709_0011-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Anna's Advent wreath with the 1st candle lit\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Photo_112709_0011-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Photo_112709_0011-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Photo_112709_0011.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna&#39;s Advent wreath with the 1st candle lit<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today is the first Sunday of Advent in the Catholic Church. Advent is a time of waiting and preparation for the Birth of Christ into our hearts each year.\u00a0 I have always enjoyed the Advent Season as a child it was a great way to count down to Christmas.\u00a0 My Birthday is the first day of December which is always right around the beginning of Advent. My grandma always gave me an Advent Calendar for my Birthday.\u00a0 I loved waking up each morning to open another little door that would have a short line of scripture about the coming of Christ.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I personally love anticipation and that is part of Advent.\u00a0 It is also a time to reflect on what we should work on or change in ourselves to prepare to better know Christ and welcome Him into our lives and hearts once more.\u00a0 So today on this first day of Advent, whether you are Catholic or not, reflect on what you would like to change about yourself that would allow you to accept love and give love more easily to others.\u00a0 Say a prayer to God today to help you do that before Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will you do with the first Sunday of Advent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[400,392,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}