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. Once again during this holy season of Advent, we’ll focus on bringing Gifts of Gratitude to Our Lord in the Manger.
Sign up for extra tips, words of encouragement, activity suggestions and more, delivered right to your inbox throughout the season! Most importantly, use your special “Gifts of Gratitude” Advent Calendar (see below to download) to take stock of your thanks and add to your prayerful reflection as you prepare for Christmas.
"There are few things more beautiful than gratitude."
- G.K. Chesterton
How you can participate:
This Advent, we are returning to our popular Gifts of Gratitude prayer journey from last year, to help you enter more deeply into this special and holy season. See below for the various ways you can participate as we prepare our gifts and our thanks for the King of Kings!
Email encouragement
Sign up for additional advent tips, words of encouragement, and Chestertonian insights throughout the season, delivered right to your inbox!
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:
This Advent, we are returning to our popular Gifts of Gratitude prayer journey from last year, to help you enter more deeply into this special and holy season. See below for the various ways you can participate as we prepare our gifts and our thanks for the King of Kings!
Email encouragement
Sign up for additional advent tips, words of encouragement, and Chestertonian insights throughout the season, delivered right to your inbox!
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:
You can download a packet in either color or black-and-white to print and assemble at home! The packet includes all prayers and instructions, and a version of the Advent calendar on two pages that can be trimmed and taped together.
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!
