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EPISODE · Nov 28, 2025 · 1H 1M

What is Advent, and why should I care?

from Matters of Soul Importance with Roxane Salonen

Father Joel Sember, a priest from Wisconsin, is the author of a series of books about the Christian season of Advent that he's written annually since 2020. Each year's book bears the same title, "Oriens," a Latin word meaning "rising" and "dawn," and is meant to take the reader on a journey through the Advent season, with Fr. Joel as a guide. What is the origin of Oriens, and why should we even care about it or Advent? Isn't it enough to celebrate Christmas one day a year? Today, Fr. Joel will share his thoughts on why we would benefit from taking time with Advent and consider this season, and all of our Christian lives, to be an adventure on which we embark with Jesus and one another.  SHOW NOTES:  Sign up for the Oriens mailing list and join the 7 p.m. Sunday night Zoom here: https://pilgrimpriest.us/book Email Fr. Joel: [email protected] Oriens 2025: A Pilgrimage through Advent and Christmas: https://www.amazon.com/Oriens-2025-Pilgrimage-Through-Christmas/dp/1639663495/ Father Joel's weekly homily podcast, "Pilgrim Priest:" https://pilgrimpriest.us/podcast   

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