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Here is a brief overview about Advent.

"The use of the Advent Wreath is a traditional practice which has found its place in the church as well as in the home.

Customarily the Advent Wreath is constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which are inserted four candles. According to tradition, three of the candles are violet and the fourth is rose.

The candles represent the four weeks of Advent and the number of candles lighted each week corresponds to the number of the current week of Advent. The rose candle is lighted on the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete Sunday.

When the Advent Wreath is used in the home, the opening prayer of the Sunday Mass is recited when the candles are lighted. The lighting of the candles may be preceded or followed by an Advent hymn and a Scripture reading. The lighting of the Advent Wreath may fittingly be included as a part of the evening meal.

The Advent Wreath may be blessed by a Priest."

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"During the first week one candle is left burning during the
evening meal, at prayers or at bedtime.

Two candles are lighted on the second Sunday and allowed to burn
as before. The prayer for the week is:

Father: Let us pray. O Lord, stir up our hearts that we may
prepare for Thy only begotten Son, that through His coming we may
be made worthy to serve Thee with pure souls. Through the same
Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Three candles, including the rose candle, are lighted on Gaudete,
the third Sunday, and during that week. The following prayer is
said:

Father: Let us pray. We humbly beg Thee, O Lord, to listen to our
prayers; and by the grace of Thy coming bring light into our
darkened minds. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever.

All: Amen.

All four candles are lighted on the fourth Sunday and allowed to
burn as before. The prayer said the fourth week is:

Father: Let us pray. Stir up Thy might, we pray Thee, O Lord, and
come; rescue us through Thy great strength so that salvation,
which has been hindered by our sins, may be hastened by the grace
of Thy gentle mercy. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever.

All: Amen."