Journey with G.K. Chesterton on the Way of Gratitude this Advent!
For G.K. Chesterton, gratitude was “the first virtue of living things,” the beginning of his entire spirituality. During this holy season of Advent, we’ll focus on bringing Gifts of Gratitude to Our Lord in the Manger.
Sign up for our Advent series and receive a daily Chesterton quotation, scripture, and reflection encouraging you to take stock of all God’s daily gifts. You can also download a printable Advent Calendar and our “Litany of Gratitude” to aid your prayerful reflection through the season.
Find these print-at-home resources and learn more about this special Advent journey below!
"There are few things more beautiful than gratitude."
- G.K. Chesterton
How you can participate:
We have planned something new and unique to help you enter more deeply into Advent this year. See below for the various ways you can participate as we prepare our Gifts of Gratitude for the King of Kings!
Daily email reflections
Once you sign up, you’ll begin receiving daily emails on November 30. Each day, you’ll receive a beautiful graphic featuring a Chestertonian quotation and reflection encouraging you to take stock of the many gifts God has given you—gifts great and small.
Advent Calendar
With our interactive Advent Calendar resource, you can participate by writing down a particular gratitude for each day of the season. Instead of a traditional Advent calendar, with a tiny gift behind a door for each day, this calendar has gift tags where you will fill in a gift you’ve received from God.
Litany of Gratitude
Participants also have access to our printable Chestertonian “Litany of Gratitude.” There are spaces for each of the daily gratitudes from your calendar in this prayer. You can pray it daily throughout Advent, watching your growing list of gifts for which you should be grateful—sort of a prayerful version of the carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Or else, you can save this prayer until the end of Advent and make the Litany your gift of thanks to the Lord!
How you can participate:
We have planned something new and unique to help you enter more deeply into Advent this year. See below for the various ways you can participate as we prepare our Gifts of Gratitude for the King of Kings!
Daily email reflections
Once you sign up, you’ll begin receiving daily emails on November 30. Each day, you’ll receive a beautiful graphic featuring a Chestertonian quotation and reflection encouraging you to take stock of the many gifts God has given you—gifts great and small.
Advent Calendar
With our interactive Advent Calendar resource, you can participate by writing down a particular gratitude for each day of the season. Instead of a traditional Advent calendar, with a tiny gift behind a door for each day, this calendar has gift tags where you will fill in a gift you’ve received from God.
Litany of Gratitude
Participants also have access to our printable Chestertonian “Litany of Gratitude.” There are spaces for each of the daily gratitudes from your calendar in this prayer. You can pray it daily throughout Advent, watching your growing list of gifts for which you should be grateful—sort of a prayerful version of the carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Or else, you can save this prayer until the end of Advent and make the Litany your gift of thanks to the Lord!
Downloadable Resources:
If you prefer to have a higher-quality calendar, you can download this hi-resolution file and take it to a local print shop for full edge-to-edge printing on an 11″x17″ sheet!
