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All Saints Church PasadenaDecember 4, 2025 · 23 min

Purpose vs. Pageantry: The Meaning of Advent

Name: Purpose vs. Pageantry: The Meaning of Advent
Uploaded: 2025-12-04T07:13:12.000Z
Duration: 23 min 23 s
Description: On the first Sunday of Advent, the point of the season is not its pageantry but the disruptive, unconditional hope of Christ's coming; a hope that comforts the hopeless and unsettles the comfortable, calling believers to 'stay awake' amid both personal loss and societal fear.

On the first Sunday of Advent, the point of the season is not its pageantry but the disruptive, unconditional hope of Christ's coming; a hope that comforts the hopeless and unsettles the comfortable, calling believers to 'stay awake' amid both personal loss and societal fear.

Stories told

the nativity herod's slaughter of the innocents the days of noah

Scripture referenced

Isaiah 2:1–5 Romans 13:11–14 Matthew 24:36–44 Psalm 122