Photo Essay: Awaiting on the Fourth Sunday of Advent
I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. (2 SM 7)
Temperatures dropped in the Ohio Valley as churches awaited the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the Glorious Christmas Season
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![The Nativity awaits the arrival of the Baby Jesus at St. Rose (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0017-1024x683.jpg)
![Winter chill has arrived as we await the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0013-683x1024.jpg)
![In the grip of winter, growth occurs. (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0019-1024x683.jpg)
![Wreaths stand vigil before the Fourth Sunday of Advent (CT Photo./Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0024-1024x683.jpg)
![Known as the little church, parishioners arrive at St. Jerome at dusk (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0028-1024x683.jpg)
![The Nativity at St. Jerome on the Fourth Sunday of Advent. CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0032-1024x683.jpg)
![In the darkness a wreath emits light at St Thomas More. (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0037-1024x683.jpg)
![Lights for the Queen of Heaven at St. Thomas More (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0046-1024x683.jpg)
![In the quiet and solitude at St. Thomas More parish (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0054-1024x683.jpg)
![The Athenaeum of Ohio in the quiet (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0060-1024x683.jpg)
O Come O Come Emmanuel at Guardian Angels Parish Cincinnati
![All is in ready at Guardian Angels Parish on the Fourth Sunday of Advent (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0075-1024x683.jpg)
![The Guardian Angel surrounded by seasonal Poinsettias awaiting the Christmas Season (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0078-1024x683.jpg)
![Decorations almost complete for the Joyous Season of Christmas at Guardian Angels (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0103-1024x683.jpg)
![The Grotto bathed in light at Guardian Angels. (CT Photo/Greg Hartman)](http://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSC_0073-1-1024x683.jpg)