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Offline Freind

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Advent Wreath
« on: November 30, 2025, 11:06:50 AM »
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    • Do you notice any traditional priests having one of these in their sanctuary and lighting it each Sunday in Advent?

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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #1 on: November 30, 2025, 11:29:13 AM »
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    • If you check the Traditional Latin Masses today on https://www.latinmass.live/ you'll not find any advent wreaths.
    These wreaths weren't seen before Vat II and not until about the 1980's in the Novus Ordo.  These wreaths I believe came from the Lutherans.
    AI unfortunately says different.
    The descriptions and meanings listed on line are lovely but we just didn't have them.
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #2 on: November 30, 2025, 11:30:48 AM »
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    • Candles, with one lit..but I didn't actually notice if there was a wreath or not haha
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #3 on: November 30, 2025, 12:03:23 PM »
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    • Even the SSPX in Germany, where the wreaths originated, didn't have a wreath.

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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #4 on: November 30, 2025, 03:50:36 PM »
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    • When I was at the Winona Seminary one of my first jobs was to make a LARGE Advent wreath. Every one appreciates that tradition, but liturgically speaking I think it is not allowed in the sanctuary (often is positioned on the communion rail). It is considered a local custom, and children are usually in awe.
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    https://catholiconline.news/advent/understanding-advent-a-season-of-hope-and-preparation/

    "...Symbols of Advent
    The Advent wreath is a powerful symbol of this season. Its circular shape represents God’s eternal nature, while the evergreen signifies everlasting life. Four candles adorn the wreath, each lit on successive Sundays. Three are purple, symbolizing penance and preparation, and one is rose, lit on the third Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, signifying joy as we near the celebration of Christ’s birth.
    The Advent calendar is another tool used by families to journey spiritually through the season. It offers daily Scripture readings, prayers, or acts of kindness, helping individuals deepen their faith.
    How to Observe Advent
    Advent is a call to prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, echoing the penitential aspects of Lent. It is a time to cleanse our hearts of distractions and sin, making room for Christ to enter..."

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    Too bad the other Advent thread is more focused on dogs and fleas🐶


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    Offline Freind

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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #5 on: November 30, 2025, 08:09:13 PM »
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    • I know at least one CMRI mission chapel has an advent wreath in the sanctuary!
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #6 on: November 30, 2025, 08:33:28 PM »
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    • Independent Priest ordained in the late 1950s has one and has had it for the 36+ years I have known him.
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #7 on: November 30, 2025, 08:38:55 PM »
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    • Quote from: Miseremini on November 30, 2025, 12:03:23 PM
    Even the SSPX in Germany, where the wreaths originated, didn't have a wreath.


    What that large thing hanging in the aisle???  Looks like an advent wreath with 4 purple candles. 
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #8 on: November 30, 2025, 08:46:33 PM »
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    • The advent wreath may have been “invented” a few centuries ago, but it’s just another example of the christianization of a pagan practice - the winter solstice festivities.  

    Look up the solstice candle and the spiral walk.  Witches put down evergreens in a circle on the ground and walk around with a candle on Dec 21 to worship nature.  Some people started doing this in my neighborhood recently.  

    So Catholics took this idea, and made it holy.  
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #9 on: November 30, 2025, 08:47:08 PM »
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    • Notice my exact question, and the answer that "Arya" (gab.ai) gave on this subject:

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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #10 on: November 30, 2025, 08:52:00 PM »
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    • Freind, it’s not part of the liturgy which is why it’s done before mass begins.  The church also decorates the sanctuary with Christmas decorations but that’s not part of the liturgy either.  Christmas carols are also not liturgical but people still sing them in church.  

    The may procession of our Lady in springtime (another formerly pagan practice using the “may pole”) is also not a liturgical act but it’s a local custom and there’s nothing wrong with it.  As long as it’s not woven into the mass, it’s a separate devotion which the church allows.  
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #11 on: November 30, 2025, 08:53:23 PM »
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    • Quote from: Pax Vobis on November 30, 2025, 08:52:00 PM
    Freind, it’s not part of the liturgy which is why it’s done before mass begins.  The church also decorates the sanctuary with Christmas decorations but that’s not part of the liturgy either.  Christmas carols are also not liturgical but people still sing them in church. 

    The may procession of our Lady in springtime (another formerly pagan practice using the “may pole”) is also not a liturgical act but it’s a local custom and there’s nothing wrong with it.  As long as it’s not woven into the mass, it’s a separate devotion which the church allows. 

    As you see, not in the sanctuary. 
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #12 on: November 30, 2025, 09:30:04 PM »
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    • Quote from: Freind on November 30, 2025, 08:53:23 PM
    As you see, not in the sanctuary.
    What’s the issue?  Do most Trad chapels put Christmas trees in the sanctuary?  Yes.  Do they put poinsettias and Easter flowers and other seasonal flowers on the altar?   Do they even put a nativity scene and led lights in the sanctuary?  Yes.  The advent wreath is a mix of flowers and candles, and it’s blessed.  What’s the problem?
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #13 on: November 30, 2025, 09:44:21 PM »
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    • Quote from: Pax Vobis on November 30, 2025, 09:30:04 PM
    What’s the issue?  Do most Trad chapels put Christmas trees in the sanctuary?  Yes.  Do they put poinsettias and Easter flowers and other seasonal flowers on the altar?  Do they even put a nativity scene and led lights in the sanctuary?  Yes.  The advent wreath is a mix of flowers and candles, and it’s blessed.  What’s the problem?

    Candles are not decorations. They are obvious liturgical items. They should not be in the SANCTUARY and lit.
    Did you read what AI answered based on Catholic sources before 1963?
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    Re: Advent Wreath
    « Reply #14 on: December 01, 2025, 08:21:20 AM »
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    • You are technically correct but practically wrong.  Most Trad chapels aren't big enough to have a properly sized sanctuary and, room between the sanctuary and pews for things like an advent wreath.  Trad chapels typically have devotional candles lit by the laity in the sanctuary, and that's against the rules as well.  Lots of rules are not followed for practical reasons...the building are too small.

    But in the grand scheme of things, the advent wreath is not part of mass, it's not part of the liturgy, because it's prayers are done before mass.  This is the more important rule and i've never seen it broken.
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