Advent is a time for us to prepare for the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. This Advent prepare to celebrate the Feast of Christmas with this interactive Advent retreat. This retreat offers prayerful readings or Ignatian contemplation for the days of Advent.

1. Click on the scripture link for each days readings.
2. Click on the image for that day which opens your online retreat.
3. Journal your reflections.
    (download all journal pages here or download individual ones below)

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Week 1
Sunday Nov 27	Monday Nov 28	Tuesday Nov 29	Wednesday Nov 30	Thursday Dec 1	Friday Dec 2	Saturday Dec 3
Isaiah 63:16–17, 19; 64:2–7; Psalm 80; 1 Corinthians 1:3–9; Mark 13:33–37 JOURNAL	Matthew 8:5–11 JOURNAL	Luke 10:21–24 JOURNAL	Matthew 4:18–22 JOURNAL	Isaiah 26:1–6 JOURNAL	Matthew 9:27–31 JOURNAL	Repeat the text(s) and prayer that touched you the most this week. JOURNAL
Week 2
Sunday Dec 4	Monday Dec 5	Tuesday Dec 6	Wednesday Dec 7	Thursday Dec 8	Friday Dec 9	Saturday Dec 10
Isaiah 40:1–5, 9–11; Psalm 85; 2 Peter 3:8–14; Mark 1:1–8 JOURNAL	Luke 5:17–26 JOURNAL	Isaiah 40:1–11 JOURNAL	Isaiah 40:25–31 JOURNAL	Luke 1:26–38 JOURNAL	Matthew 11:16–19 JOURNAL	Repeat the text(s) and prayer that touched you the most this week. JOURNAL
Week 3
Sunday Dec 11	Monday Dec 12	Tuesday Dec 13	Wednesday Dec 14	Thursday Dec 15	Friday Dec 16	Saturday Dec 17
Isaiah 61:1–2, 10–11; Luke 1:46– 50, 53–54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16–24; John 1:6–8, 19–28 JOURNAL						Repeat the text(s) and prayer that touched you the most this week. JOURNAL
	Luke 1:39–47 JOURNAL	Matthew 21:28–32 JOURNAL	Luke 7:18–23 JOURNAL	Luke 7:24–30 JOURNAL	Psalm 67 JOURNAL
Week 4
Sunday Dec 18	Monday Dec 19	Tuesday Dec 20	Wednesday Dec 21	Thursday Dec 22	Friday Dec 23	Saturday Dec 24
2 Samuel 7:1–5, 8–12, 14, 16; Psalm 89; Romans 16:25–27; Luke 1:26–38 JOURNAL						Repeat the text(s) and prayer that touched you the most this week. JOURNAL
	Luke 1:5–25 JOURNAL	Luke 1:26–38 JOURNAL	Luke 1:39–45 JOURNAL	Luke 1:46–56 JOURNAL	Luke 1:57–66 JOURNAL
Saturday Dec 25
Christmas, Luke 2:1–20 Let us go to Bethlehem and see what has occurred. JOURNAL

This material was previously published by the Loyola Institute for Spirituality in Orange, CA. One may use it as long as the purpose for its use remains the same, that is, to promote Spiritual Exercises in everyday life. (An adaptation of the original of the Centro de Espiritualidad de Inaciana Inddaiatuba, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL.)