The Church has her own special liturgical year and calendar in
which she presents again the history and unchanging mysteries of
our salvation, from Creation to the Second Coming, together with
the entire life of the Savior. The mysteries do not change, but
we do. A little older and wiser, we have the opportunity to
review and renew these mysteries. When the familiar feasts come
around we grasp something more about them because we have lived
another year and apply them more deeply to our lives. This is a
year of formation, like a school in which we, like pupils, learn
faith, hope and charity. We learn God's will and to do God's
will. Each Sunday and feast will present a special lesson to us
for our daily living. Advent is an especially lovely season and
we can make great use of it. With the beginning of the season of
Advent, we begin a new liturgical year. The First Sunday of
Advent is therefore the Church's "New Year's Day". In the Judeo-
Christian tradition, Sunday begin at sundown of the day before
when the