How do Christians respond to the variety of Christian festivals, how do we change? Festivals can affect us in many ways; they

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How do Christians respond to the variety of Christian festivals, how do we change?

   Festivals can affect us in many ways; they can affect our lifestyles, attitudes and behaviour. This can happen due to the example and teachings of Jesus. The first festival I will be looking at will be advent.

   Advent is a time for preparation, we think about how we too can prepare for the birth of Jesus. Just like John the Baptist prepared by baptising the people. We can do this by going to confession. This can change our lives because Christians believe that by going to confession our sins will be cleansed. So if a person has done something bad then they will feel less guilty because they have spoken to a priest about the sin they have committed and in addition to this God has also forgiven them therefore helping them even more. Going to confession can have a great impact on somebody because they get the feeling that they have been granted a new beginning and that any sins they used to have, have been forgotten.

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   All these factors make our behaviour change, for example we will think before we do something bad again, like argue with our parents or swear or even hit somebody. This happens because we would have already of been in the situation of telling a priest what we have done and this takes courage and we will not really want to go back there again. Our conscience will be telling us this.

   Penance can change our lifestyles, this is where the priest tells us what to do to make up for what we have done wrong. This can change ...

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