The Road to Bethlehem: Daily Meditations for Advent and Christmas by St. Alphonsus Liguori
TAN Books has been publishing some beautiful books, and this one is no exception! Yesterday, for the First Sunday of Advent, I gave each of our older kids their own copy. I had one shipped direct to our oldest son in Arizona, but it (and the one I still have here for our current college student) hasn’t arrived yet, so I also sent them the Audible Audiobook so they can still get started while they wait for their physical copies to arrive.
There are only about 3-4 pages for each day so it’s very easy to implement into your Advent prayers and devotions. Following the 18 Meditations for Advent there are 9 Meditations for the Christmas Novena (Dec 16-24), then 12 Meditations for Christmas (Dec 25-Jan 5) and 8 Epiphany Meditations (Jan 6-13).
“This Advent Season, let the great and prolific Doctor of the Church, St. Alphonsus Liguori, guide you on a daily prayerful pilgrimage from the start of Advent through the birth of our Lord to the Epiphany. Drawing on Sacred Scripture and his profound saintly counsel, St. Alphonsus takes you into the details of Christ’s birth for prayerful reflection that will have your imagination placing you at the feet of our infant Lord. With meditations on the poverty of our Lord becoming man to Jesus weeping as a baby and lying on straw, St. Alphonsus will bring a humble intensity to your Advent prayer life. The contents of these meditations are marked by both joy for the birth of our Lord and sorrow for what we know He will suffer for our salvation.” – Read more here.
I highly recommended it if you are still looking for an Advent and Christmas devotional! You can order The Road to Bethlehem from TAN Books or over at Amazon. I also included it in this year’s New Picture Books for the Feast of St. Nicholas!
P.S. TAN Books has 35% off sitewide today for Cyber Monday!
Ha! I was just thinking, how am I supposed to order books for the Feast of St. Nicolas without Jessicas new reviews, lol! Thank you!
Oh funny! Yes, it’s up… You just have to scroll back quite a bit. I’ve been blogging too much the past month! 🙂
No, dear Jessica, you can never blog too much!
Your blog = our inspiration!