Waiting in Joyful Hope:Daily Reflections Advent 2024-2025 LP

Prepare for the coming of Christ with this popular and inviting annual guide. During the especially busy Advent and Christmas seasons, this book offers brief, down-to-earth reflections that bring prayer and Scripture into everyday life in a thought-provoking and lasting way. Through Jessie Bazan's reflections on lectionary readings from the weekday and Sunday Masses, readers will grow in their understanding of the word of God. This book will help busy people achieve their goal of enriching their prayer life during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.

Jessie Bazan is a theologian, spiritual writer, and oblate of Saint Benedict's Monastery in Saint Joseph, Minnesota. She serves as the associate director of the Benedictine Institute and teaches a course on Benedictine spirituality at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota. Jessie edited and co-authored the book Dear Joan Chittister: Conversations with Women in the Church