This collection of daily reflections- a perennial favorite of Paulist Press readers-is an ideal way to prepare for Advent. Instead of being a month of increasing stress, with the help of this book Advent can be a quiet season for reflection on the miracle that God had come to us, will come, and is already with us now. For each day the author includeds a selection from scripture or the divine office, a brief meditation, and a prayer. Together they help to hassels and tiviallities of the season fall away to reveal the real and unchanginfg meaning beneath.