Lectio: First Sunday of Advent

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Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

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🗓️ 29 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Fr. Joseph-Anthony and Fr. Patrick sit down to discuss the readings for the first week of Advent, 2025, on this Lectio episode of Godsplaining. The friars reflect on the themes of new life, hope, vigilance, and preparation. Donate to The Fundraiser here! https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=87NPKB5LHLMMC Join the largest Bible study in America! More information on Bible Across America here: https://stpaulcenter.com/advent Send your questions for the friars to:godsplaining@opeast.org Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsYour Eucharistic Identity: https://ignatius.com/your-eucharistic-identity-yeip/St. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe.
0:07.0	This is Father Joseph Anthony Kress.
0:08.9	Welcome to God's Planning.
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0:21.6	Father Joseph Anthony, here we are beginning yet another Advent.
0:26.4	Happy Advent. Yeah. Happy Purple Season. Happy New Year. Happy new liturgical year. We love that.
0:33.4	Advent's my favorite liturgical season. Really? Yeah. Because it's preparing for Christmas.
0:40.6	Yeah.
0:40.9	Okay.
0:41.2	Thank you, Elle.
0:41.8	Makes sense?
0:42.4	Yeah.
0:42.7	Yeah, no.
0:44.1	I don't know.
0:44.8	Advent, it's kind of a short preparatory period.
0:48.7	It's only a month long.
0:50.6	People can kind of get into the groove of it.
0:52.8	It has such a joyful expectation flavor to it
0:56.1	that it's like okay we're we're really building the excitement for something big and something good
1:01.1	in lent is like okay we're building for this but the way to prepare for that is to like
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