During the four weeks of Advent, we prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth through prayer and reflection. We contemplate the First Coming of Jesus as Savior, and anticipate his promised Second Coming. And amid the flurry of Christmas preparations, we look for practical ways to observe the holiness of the season in our everyday lives.

Ignatian contemplation and reflective prayer encourage us in the season of Advent. Below we highlight Advent resources in the tradition of Ignatian spirituality.

An Advent Retreat: Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (PDF)

Printable retreat booklet that guides the participant through the Advent and Christmas seasons by using Ignatian contemplation and prayerful reading of the daily Scriptures.

Online Advent Retreat
Prayerful retreat from www.makingthepartswhole.com (College of the Holy Cross), including online reflections for each of the four weeks of Advent. Uses Flash.

Praying Advent
Creighton University’s Online Ministries offers a selection of materials to help people prayerfully enter into Advent, from short prayers to longer reflections and audio retreats.

Sacred Space Advent Retreat
Sacred Space offers an online Advent retreat that asks the retreatant to commit to three periods of prayer and reflection each day.

Pray-as-you-go Advent
Pray-as-you-go changes its regular daily prayer format for Advent, focusing on some of the issues raised and insights offered in the encyclical letter, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth).

Advent on the Brink: Waiting with Joseph
An online retreat from the Philippine Jesuits, incorporating text, video, and reflection questions.