How many of us will spend this Advent Season caught up in the hustle and bustle of shopping and partying? In this episode of FRESHImage Presents, Tony explores the true meaning of Advent, which is intended as a time of preparation for not one, but two Advents of the Only Begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ.
Sources:
Isaiah 9:6
John 3:16, 17-18
Mark 13:32
Apostles’ Creed & Nicene Creed
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity, 326 (Ignatius Press Edition)
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II-II, Q 58.1
St. Thomas Aquinas, ST III, Q 85.1
St. Thomas Aquinas, ST II-II, Q. 81.2
St. Thomas Aquinas, ST II-II, Q. 81.1, ad. 1
Blessing of an Advent Wreath, Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, 73-75
The “O Antiphons” of Advent, Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers, 76-77
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.