--- title: "Prepare Your Heart: Christmas" description: "Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, invites you on a pilgrimage this Advent using Prepare Your Heart: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation." image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/2023%20Journey%20Through%20Advent%20hero-AMP.png --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/prepare-your-heart-christmas#) [FAITH](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/faith) # Prepare Your Heart: Christmas Dec 25, 2023 10:00:00 AM  |  by [Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-morera-johnson) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/2023%20Journey%20Through%20Advent%20hero-AMP.png) *Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, invites you on a pilgrimage this Advent using* Prepare Your Heart: A Guided Advent Journal for Prayer and Meditation. --- [Lee este artículo en español.](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/prepare-your-heart-christmas#Spanish) Merry Christmas! May this Christmas season bring you great joy and peace in life.  Thank you for preparing your hearts for Christmas with Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, and the Prepare Your Heart Advent Journal! Join us for Lent as Fr. Agustino guides us through the desert with the Made for Heaven Lenten Journal.    Each day of [*Prepare Your Heart*](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepare-your-heart) includes daily meditations on a passage from Scripture, reflection questions, prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking. [Prepare%20Your%20Heart%20|%20Ave%20Maria%20Press](Prepare%20Your%20Heart%20|%20Ave%20Maria%20Press)*[Prepare Your Heart](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepare-your-heart)* features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of [Pax.Valerie](https://www.instagram.com/pax.valerie/). Free weekly companion videos, a downloadable discussion guide, and other resources at [AveMariaPress.com](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepare-your-heart) make this book perfect for parishwide, individual, and book club use leading up to Christmas. [The book, videos, leader’s guide, and family guide are available in Spanish as well](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepara-tu-corazon). Look for the [*Prepare Your Heart*](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepare-your-heart) videos each Sunday in Advent, as well as Christmas Day, here on CatholicMom.com at 10 AM Eastern. Ask for Prepare Your Heart at your local Catholic bookstore, or order from [Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/Prepare-Your-Heart-Journal-Meditation/dp/1646802519) or [Ave Maria Press](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/prepare-your-heart). Bulk discounts are available for your parish, book club, or prayer group when you purchase the book from [Ave Maria Press](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/return). ## Prepara tu corazón: Navidad ¡Feliz Navidad! Que esta temporada navideña te traiga gran alegría y paz.  ¡Gracias por preparar tu corazón para la Navidad con el padre Agustino Torres, CFR, y el diario de Adviento Prepara tu corazón!  Únete a nosotros durante la Cuaresma mientras el padre Agustino nos guía a través del desierto con el diario cuaresmal Creados para el cielo.  ![2023 Journey Through Advent IG-AMP](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2023%20Journey%20Through%20Advent%20IG-AMP.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=2023%20Journey%20Through%20Advent%20IG-AMP.png) --- Copyright 2023 Maria Morera Johnson Images: Ave Maria Press ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fprepare-your-heart-christmas%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fprepare-your-heart-christmas%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fprepare-your-heart-christmas%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Prepare%20Your%20Heart%3A%20Christmas) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fprepare-your-heart-christmas%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fprepare-your-heart-christmas%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/Maria%20Johnson%202022.jpg) ### [Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-morera-johnson) Maria Morera Johnson, author of *My Badass Book of Saints*, *Super Girls and Halo*, and *Our Lady of Charity: How a Cuban Devotion to Mary Helped Me Grow in Faith and Love* writes about all the things that she loves. A cradle Catholic, she struggles with living in the world but not being of it, and blogs about those successes and failures, too. ## Related Blog Articles [ Prepare Your Heart: The Way of Nazareth Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/prepare-your-heart-the-way-of-nazareth) [ Prepare Your Heart: The Way of the Saints Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/prepare-your-heart-the-way-of-the-saints) [ Prepare Your Heart: The Way of St. Joseph Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/prepare-your-heart-the-way-of-st-joseph) ## Comments ## Donate now [![Support Catholic Mom](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545) [![CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png?width=1806&height=731&name=CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png "CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) ##### Subscribe to Catholic Momcast on iTunes or Spotify [![itunes-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/itunes-logo-black.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-momcast/id1362352357)[![spotify-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/spotify-logo-black.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/show/15CoipHL7z61IDcYErV0b8?si=hqaQJSxDQgq7S1hxCwsoxQ) ##### CatholicMom on Social Networks [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) ##### About Catholic Mom [Who We Are](https://www.catholicmom.com/about-us) [Contact Us](https://www.catholicmom.com/contact) [Support CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/support-us)   ##### Associated Links [Holy Cross Family Ministries](https://www.hcfm.org/) [Family Rosary](https://www.familyrosary.org/) [Family Theater Productions](https://www.familytheater.org/) [Congregation of the Holy Cross](https://www.holycrossusa.org/) [Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.](https://www.fatherpeyton.org/) [The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life](https://www.peytonfamilyinstitute.org/) ### **Stay connected!** Don’t miss a thing! 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