{"id":23050,"date":"2024-12-05T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=23050"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:00:52","slug":"praying-in-the-dark-an-advent-prayer-service","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/resources\/praying-in-the-dark-an-advent-prayer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying in the Dark: an Advent Prayer Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Advent is the perfect time for praying in the dark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer you this gift to support you in this endeavor: a prayer service put together by Sister Julia Walsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the Advent prayer service you may scroll through what is on the page here or click the button beneath the display to download it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May Christ be our light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Praying-in-The-Dark.Dec24-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:710px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Praying in The Dark.Dec24.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2d168da0-2418-43a9-92fc-0aea46e2e278\" href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Praying-in-The-Dark.Dec24-1.pdf\">Praying in The Dark.Dec24<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Praying-in-The-Dark.Dec24-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2d168da0-2418-43a9-92fc-0aea46e2e278\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on the season of Advent, you may enjoy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2022\/12\/15\/advent-readiness-and-mutual-hospitality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advent Readiness and Mutual Hospitality<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2022\/12\/06\/advent-in-a-time-of-unbelief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advent in a Time of Unbelief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2021\/12\/14\/st-peter-and-the-spirit-of-advent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Peter and the Spirit of Advent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2021\/12\/02\/something-to-believe-how-advent-can-lead-the-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Something to Believe: How Advent Can Lead the Way<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2020\/12\/09\/music-for-advent-during-a-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Music for Advent During a Pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2019\/12\/20\/this-advent-may-we-make-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Advent, May We Make Room<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"Advent: Watchfulness, Waiting, and Wanting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advent: Watchfulness, Waiting, and Wanting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2016\/12\/15\/fear-darkness-and-advent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fear, Darkness, and Advent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":4071079,"featured_media":23081,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2178641],"tags":[698755378,8329,33210,853,698756789],"class_list":["post-23050","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayer-and-spirituality","tag-advent","tag-jesus","tag-light","tag-prayer","tag-prayer-service"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Praying in the Dark: an Advent Prayer Service - Messy Jesus Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sister Julia Walsh created a downloadable advent prayer service complete with links to readings and music. 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