Reflect on the fourth week of Advent and the meaning of divine love. Discover how love transforms us and listen to two beautiful songs celebrating the heart of Christmas.
Week 4 – Becoming Love
As we come to the fourth week of Advent, we light the Love or Angel’s Candle — the final candle before the Christ Candle. Its glow gathers all the others — hope, peace, and joy — into one steady flame, reminding us that Love is what brings them all to life.
The story of Christmas is, at its core, a love story — love that steps into the dark, love that humbles itself, love that seeks, saves, and sustains. In a world often hurried and divided, Love remains the still point of truth and peace.
This week invites us to pause and reflect: where has Love shown up in your life this year? Perhaps in quiet kindness, unexpected generosity, or forgiveness that healed an old wound. Love reveals itself not only in grand gestures but also in the smallest of mercies — a hand extended, a listening ear, a heart reopened.
Lighting the Candle of Love reminds us that we are both recipients and bearers of divine love. The light we receive is the same light we are called to share — through patience, compassion, and the courage to keep our hearts open, even when it’s easier to close them.
Listen & Reflect
Let the music of this week guide your meditation:
- 🎵 “Love Came Down at Christmas”
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— A tender reminder that love is both gift and presence — arriving quietly, changing everything. - 🎵 “Noel” by Chris Tomlin (featuring Lauren Daigle)
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— A soaring expression of awe and gratitude for Love made visible.
A Moment of Stillness
This final candle prepares our hearts for Christmas — the moment when Love takes on flesh and enters our world.
Take a few quiet moments to sit with the glow of your Advent candles. Whisper a prayer of gratitude for the Love that has carried you, changed you, and continues to invite you forward.
Love is the whole story — the beginning, the middle, and the never-ending promise.
Next post, the final candle — the Christ Candle — will be lit. Its light doesn’t replace these four flames, but fulfills them. Together, they illuminate the story of Love made visible.
-laura