THANK YOU!

It only takes four candles.
You can make your own Advent wreath by taking four candles and setting them up in a circle.
Add some greenery (of the natural or plastic kind) and BEHOLD, you've got yourself an Advent wreath.
Light one candle this first week and then add a candle each week.

Our good friends at Augsburg Fortress have a prayer for this first week:

Blessed are you, O Lord our God,

ruler of the universe.

You call all nations to walk in your light

and to seek your ways of justice and peace,

for the night is past, and the dawn of your coming is near.

Bless us as we light the first candle of this wreath.

Rouse us from sleep,

that we may be ready to greet our Lord when he comes

and welcome him into our hearts and homes,

for he is our light and our salvation.

Blessed be God forever. Amen.

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