My Dark Night of the Soul

Advent is the most difficult of seasons for me

MaryClare StFrancis, M.A.
Ancient Faith Modern Life
5 min readNov 30, 2023

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Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

I’m preparing for Advent, the most difficult season of the church year for me. I know part of why it is so hard, why it ends up being my dark night of the soul. Here are some of the things I’m doing to make it a spiritually nourishing time.

Set up an Advent altar

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