Dossier: Advent

Advent: A Marian Season of Waiting for the Lord

Advent is the liturgical season in which the Church prepares to celebrate the coming of the Lord. Mary is the living icon of Advent: she waits, she waits with child, she waits watchfully. Understanding Advent in a Marian key means rediscovering how the Virgin illuminates all Christian waiting for the true Advent.

In this Advent dossier we bring together texts, meditations, and Mariological contributions for living Advent in the light of Mary, Mother of hope. Explore more deeply how Advent takes concrete form in the Marian fiat and how Mary educates the people of God in the art of waiting. See also the teaching of the Magisterium on Advent in Marialis Cultus.

In summary, the Marian Advent invites us to wait with Mary, in silence, in adoration, in humility. To live Advent with the Virgin is to enter into the radical availability of the here I am. May this Advent be authentically Marian for the whole Church.