{"id":6493,"date":"2024-12-04T20:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T20:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:53:19","slug":"daily-advent-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/2024\/12\/04\/daily-advent-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Advent Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Daily Advent Reflections<\/h2>\n<h3>Daily Posts to Help You Prepare Your Heart For Christmas<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img class=\"wp-image-6494 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/files\/2024\/12\/Daily-Advent-Reflections-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Advent season, Saint Matthew is helping prepare your hearts for Christmas. A book, <a href=\"https:\/\/ignatius.com\/the-true-meaning-of-christmas-tmcp\/\"><em>The True Meaning of Christmas<\/em><\/a>, by biblical scholar Michael Patrick Barber, is available in the Narthex for Saint Matthew Parishioners. The book offers an inspiring look at the Bible&#8217;s accounts of Jesus&#8217; birth and the development of the Christmas season in historical and societal contexts. Each day, during Advent, a brief reflection will be shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stmatthewtn\">Saint Matthew Church Facebook Page.<\/a> You are encouraged to pick up a book and follow along as a community as we prepare for the birth of our Lord on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stmatthewtn\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Saint Matthew Facebook Page<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[60,241,243,242,24,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6496,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions\/6496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmatthewtn.org\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}