Project Gutenberg 2012-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 160 St. Paul, Mother 1861 1940 Paul, Mother St. Saint Paul, Mother Ortus Christi: Meditations for Advent Produced by Karina Aleksandrova, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Ortus Christi: Meditations for Advent" by Mother St. Paul is a collection of spiritual meditations intended for the Advent season, likely written in the early 20th century. This work invites readers to reflect on the significance of Christ's coming and the spiritual preparation needed for the Christmas season. It emphasizes themes of hope, prayer, and the importance of self-reflection and reforming one’s life in anticipation of the Divine. At the start of the book, the author introduces the concept of Advent as a time of expectation and longing for Christ. The opening meditation emphasizes the "Rising of Christ" as a central theme, encouraging the faithful to lift their souls in hope and readiness for His arrival. Through various points, Mother St. Paul reflects on the Church's liturgical practices during this season, the transformative power of grace, and the notion of believers participating in the life of God through their actions and intentions. The meditations serve as a call to awaken one's spiritual life, urging readers to recognize the privilege of being a dwelling place for God and to engage actively in the preparation for the coming of Christ. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Advent -- Meditations Christmas -- Meditations BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Religion/Spirituality 313139 2025-06-16T04:45:53.244016 text/html 312738 2012-03-21T11:22:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 104472 2012-03-21T11:22:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 202623 2025-06-16T04:46:03.075003 application/epub+zip 205743 2025-06-16T04:45:57.267044 application/epub+zip 181194 2025-06-16T04:45:55.739007 application/epub+zip 424477 2025-06-16T04:46:07.193953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382255 2025-06-16T04:46:01.984001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270839 2022-09-18T04:19:54.786109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265659 2025-06-16T04:45:52.433025 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 265491 2012-03-21T11:22:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98399 2012-03-21T11:22:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18511 2025-06-16T04:46:07.343959 application/rdf+xml 17927 2025-06-16T04:45:56.326030 image/jpeg 4032 2025-06-16T04:45:56.037003 image/jpeg 194207 2025-06-16T04:45:53.271036 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog