These advent reflections and prayers accompany the Weary World Rejoices Advent guide which is posted on the www.betwixtpodcast.com and Flourish Contemplative Center website. You are welcome to download the guide and join us in this journey of illumination toward Christmas!

During Advent, we light candles to remind ourselves to watch for the light. Each week, we illuminate a theme that will grow our expectancy for the Advent - the coming of Jesus.

You are invited to return to this prayer of examen each evening this week as a way of looking for God by examining your life in the last 24 hours.

This week, the theme is hope. Jesus called himself the Light of the World who brought hope to people lost in darkness.