I would like to give a brief recap of what the advent and Christmas seasons looks like in the Atrium. In both level I & II, the weeks of advent are spent in preparation for the birth of Christ. The children reflect on the Infancy Narratives and the Prophesies and we light the advent candles together as a reminder of the time spent in waiting.
The Infancy Narratives begin with the Annunciation to Mary and the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth which are presented during advent. After Christmas the level I children hear about the Adoration of the Wise Men and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. The level II children receive a beautiful presentation called the Synthesis of the Infancy Narratives in which they reflect on all of the narratives together. They watch as the knowledge of Christ’s birth spreads to more people throughout each story, and remember that his light has continued to spread throughout the world, all the way to us here today.
Through the Prophesies, the children hear some of the earliest proclamations of the coming of Christ. The level I children love the prophesy of light, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light” –Is. 9:1 Just as the people of God waited many, many years for the coming of Christ, we are waiting now for the birth of Christ at Christmas. The level II children recall all of the level I prophesies in the Synthesis of the Prophesies and they look at the ways in which the prophesies were fulfilled at the coming of Christ.
~Liz Stone, CGS Catechist and Assistant Director of Religious Education
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