"Advent is the spiritual season of hope par excellence, and in this season the whole Church is called to be hope, for itself and for the world."

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Advent's intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose of the Church's year is continually to rehearse her great history of memories, to awaken the heart's memory so that it can discern the star of hope.

— Pope Benedict XVI