The ecumenical online prayer website Sacred Space is offering an Advent Retreat starting on the first Sunday of Advent, 3 December 2023. The theme of the retreat is ‘Waiting for Jesus’. It finishes on the 4th Sunday of Advent, 24 December 2023, which this year happens to be Christmas Eve.
The retreat features new prayers and reflections daily, based for the most part on the scriptures of the day, namely the First Reading and the Gospel, according to the Irish liturgical calendar.
Anna Phalan, Office Administrator and Content Editor of Sacred Space, explains that the retreat can take as little as 3-5 minutes, or it could last 15-20 minutes or more, depending on how much time people have and how deeply they want to enter into prayer. “If you have the time and inclination, we would encourage you to spend as long as you can with anything that jumps out for you from the reflections or the scriptures themselves and to stay with those words, and let them settle deeply into your heart, mind, and soul.”