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Advent 2026 · from Sunday, 29 November

The Advent Journey

From the First Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve, a few minutes each evening: a word of Scripture, a short reflection and a question to take into the Examen. In the Lumen app, no subscription and no account needed.

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The first evening, Sun 29 Nov

First Sunday of Advent

Be watchful! For you do not know when the master of the house is coming.
Mark 13:35

Advent means waiting for the one who is coming. But that waiting begins by waking up to the one who has long been here and is overlooked. The coming weeks train exactly that: looking where I usually walk past.

For this evening

What did I walk past today that was trying to reach me?

The way through Advent

Each day has its own word of Scripture. The Sundays and the last days before Christmas carry their names from the Church year.

  1. First Sunday of Advent“Be watchful! For you do not know when the master of the house is coming.” Mark 13:35
  2. Second Sunday of Advent“Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.” Mark 1:3
  3. Third Sunday of Advent Gaudete, the Sunday of joy“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say: rejoice!” Philippians 4:4
  4. The O Antiphons
    O SapientiaO AdonaiO Radix JesseO Clavis DavidO OriensO Rex GentiumO Emmanuel
    Since the 8th century, in the last seven days before Christmas, the Church has called on the one who is coming by seven names. The Fourth Sunday of Advent (Sun 20 Dec) falls within these days.
  5. Christmas Eve“Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy for all the people.” Luke 2:10

The Examen in five steps

Following the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius (no. 43).

  1. Give thanks for the good in the day, small and concrete.
  2. Ask for light to see the day honestly, including what was not good.
  3. Go through the day thoughts, words and deeds, hour by hour.
  4. Ask for forgiveness for what was not good.
  5. One step for tomorrow one small thing, not ten.

How it is meant

No little doors, no counter.There is no streak to break. If you start later, you begin with today and may look back at earlier days.

Five to ten minutes in the evening.Read the word of Scripture in the morning, take the question into your evening review.

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Afterwards: Lent

On Ash Wednesday, 10 February 2027, we begin “40 Days of Examen” together.

More about 40 Days of Examen