O come Divine Messiah the world in silence waits the day!
This week in the Children's House, we entered into Advent with a beautiful procession, changing of the prayer cloth to purple, the lighting of our Advent wreath and the proclamation of our first prophecy, "The people who walked in darkness have seen a Great Light!"
Throughout the week, I also shared the historical account in the scriptures of how the Great Light came into the world through Mary's "yes" in the Annunciation. The children continue to ponder the scriptures with the figures of the Annunciation, setting the prayer table, artwork, and practical life activities like table scrubbing or polishing. I noticed several children wanted to continue thinking about it through the baptism materials, where our large Paschal candle stands in a corner. Clearly, set apart in their minds as The Great Light of the atrium.
