Advent People
He announced to Mary that she had been chosen to be the Mother of Jesus.
Who is the Angel Gabriel?
The liturgical color used for the season of Advent.
What is violet, or purple?
As the Messiah's "Advent" draws nearer each week before Christmas, we light the candles in this order (by color), on the Advent wreath.
What is, purple, purple, pink, and purple?
This word, meaning "feeding trough," where Jesus was laid after He was born.
What is, a manger?
This section of the Bible starts when Jesus was born.
What is, the New Testament?
The mother of John the Baptist, she was visited by her cousin, Mary.
Who was, Elizabeth?
The meaning of the word "Advent."
Bonus: The Latin word from which the Season gets its name.
What is, "a coming" or "to arrive/arriving?"
Bonus: What is, adventus?
Meaning, "to rejoice," it is the Latin name for the third Sunday of Advent.
What is, Gaudete Sunday?
The four themes represented by the four Sundays/weeks of Advent.
What are hope, peace, joy, and love?
The name of the town where Mary and Joseph lived before Jesus was born.
What is, Nazareth?
Jesus' earthly father.
Who was, St. Joseph?
The number of the Sundays in Advent.
What is four?
What the circular shape of the Advent wreath, without beginning or end, symbolizes.
What is, God's complete and unending love for us and eternal life?
The three kings, or wise men, followed this to find the baby Jesus.
What is, a Star?
The prophet whose food was locusts and wild honey, and who said, "Prepare the way of the Lord."
Who was, John the Baptist?
Tending their flocks by night, they were told by the Angel not to be afraid, but to go to Bethlehem where they would find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.
Who were, the shepherds?
During the Advent season, we reflect upon the 4,000 years of mankind's waiting in darkness before Jesus, the light of the world, was born in this town.
What is, Bethlehem?
What the pink (or rose) colored candle signifies.
What is, joy?
A king, who, threatened by the birth of Jesus, ordered all babies in Bethlehem under the age of two to be put to death.
Who was, King Herod the Great?
The two Gospels that tell the story of the birth and childhood of Jesus?
What are, Matthew and Luke?
She said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior."
Who is, Mary?
The name of Jesus that means "God with us."
What is Emmanuel?
What the white candle, when placed in the center of the Advent wreath, is called.
Bonus: When the white candle is lit?
What is, the Christ Candle?
Bonus: What is, on Christmas eve?
This is where Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus fled to in order to escape King Herod.
What is, Egypt?
These men chosen by God in the Old Testament announced the coming of the Messiah.
Who were, the Prophets?