Sentence examples for point of advent from inspiring English sources

On the third Sunday of Advent, liturgically known as "Gaudete Sunday" from the Latin word meaning "to rejoice," a brighter color signifies a pause to the penitential spirit of Advent and replacing it with a day of rejoicing and happiness in celebrating the midway point of Advent.

The lights of Advent point us toward a God who is nailed to a cross crying out, "Dad, why have you forsaken me?" And in that moment, we learn that nothing, not even our physical lives, takes precedence over the everlasting.

This passage from Luke for the Second Sunday of Advent points to competing world views.

However, this point of view changed with the advent of new submicron technologies, for which both types of consumption have their degree of importance.

The advent of intensivist-performed ultrasound and availability of ultrasound machines now provides a unique climate where point-of-care TCD is a reality.

The central point of pilgrimage in Mecca before the advent of Islam in the 7th century, the cube-shaped stone building has been destroyed and rebuilt several times.

Even congenital optimists have good reason to suspect that this time the prophets of economic doom may be on point, with the advent of seemingly unstoppable developments like climate change and the explosive growth of China and India.

The turning point was the advent of Kalle & Company's Antifebrine, the branded version of the well-known dye derivative acetanilide the anti-pyretic properties of which were discovered by accident in 1886.

We are at a tipping point for the advent of a new global currency that will recognize the seeds of the dollar's fall and the rise of China as the new world economic power.

He pointed to the advent of the USB standard as the perfect illustration of this point.

By the end of his life, Adler said he believed the television had effectively reached its technological end point; with the advent of high-definition flat-screen sets, which he worked on at Zenith for decades, he doubted the human eye would really be able to discern further improvements.