Waiting in Joyful Hope 2025-2026: Daily Reflections for Advent and Christmas

by Mary DeTurris Poust

Overview

Prepare for the celebration of Christ's coming with this popular and inviting annual guide. During the especially busy Advent and Christmas seasons, this book offers brief, down-to-earth reflections that bring prayer and Scripture into everyday life in a thought-provoking and lasting way. Through Mary DeTurris Poust’s reflections on lectionary readings from the weekday and Sunday Masses, readers will grow in their understanding of the word of God. This book will help busy people enrich their prayer life during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.   

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814668733
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	07/27/2025
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.88(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Mary DeTurris Poust is a writer, retreat leader, spiritual director, and the author of numerous books on Catholic spirituality. She writes about the spiritual journey in her monthly column, Life Lines, and hosts a podcast by the same name. She is a regular contributor to Give Us This Day, published by Liturgical Press. She lives in upstate New York with her husband Dennis and their three children. Visit her website at NotStrictlySpiritual.com. 

Editorial Reviews

"This series builds bridges—personal, thoughtful, inviting—between our ordinary lives and Scripture, setting us on new paths to conversion."
Genevieve Glen, OSB, Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado

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