Daybreaks: Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas - Softcover

Livingston, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764817388 ISBN 13: 9780764817380

Publisher: Liguori Publications, 2008

Synopsis

The curious energy of Advent is the waiting for something that has already happened, the looking for something that is already here. It is both right now and not yet. Christians sing "O Come, O Come Emmanuel," yet Emmanuel means "God is with us."

The best preparation for this celebration of the coming of our Lord at Christmas is to deepen awareness of God's presence every day, to pause in the "right now" so we can see evidence of what is already here and what is yet to come. The passages found in Daybreaks act as doorways to the Emmanuel reality and help readers notice doors opening of their own.

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From the Back Cover:

Advent calls us to stay awake and be prepared. Curiously, we are waiting for something that has already happened. We are looking for something we know is already here. It is both right now and not yet. Daybreaks, by Patricia Livingston, offers daily mediations for Advent to help deepen your awareness of God's presence every day, as you prepare for the celebration of the Christ child. Her reflections, drawn from everyday experiences, are brimming with insights into the mystery of our faith. Let each daily reflection be a doorway into "the Emmanuel reality -- beauty, kindness, prayer, humor, insight, memory, encounter, music, scripture." Patricia Livingston is an author, and nationally known speaker who has been giving workshops, retreats, and lectures around the United States for twenty-five years. She was chosen for the 1990 U.S. Catholic Award given to a person who has significantly furthered the cause of women in the Church. For seven years she was the Associate Director of the Center for Continuing Formation in Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. Pat has audiotapes with several publishers, has been a contributor to Liguorian,, U.S. Catholic, Living with Christ, Living Faith, and other magazines, and has appeared on Catholic television programs. She is married, and a mother and grandmother.

About the Author:

Pat Livingston is an author, and nationally known speaker who has been giving workshops, retreats, and lectures around the United States for twenty-five years. She was chosen for the 1990 U.S. Catholic Award given to a person who has significantly furthered the cause of women in the Church. For seven years she was the Associate Director of the Center for Continuing Formation in Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. Pat has audiotapes with several publishers, has been a contributor to Liguorian, U.S. Catholic, Living with Christ, Living Faith and other magazines, and has appeared on Catholic television. Her books, Lessons of the Heart, This Blessed Mess, and Let in the Light, Facing the Hard Stuff with Hope are published by Ave Maria Press/Sorin Books, Notre Dame. She is married, and a mother and grandmother.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liguori Publications
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0764817388
• ISBN 13: 9780764817380
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48