Word for the Week

Advent

Week beginning: 1st December, 2019 | By Peter Brown | Limavady

"It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Luke 12:35-40 (NIV)

Sunday 1st December marks the beginning of the season of Advent from the Latin word adventus meaning "coming". It is, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas and the return of Jesus a