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Lift Up Your Eyes: Advent with Pope Leo XIV

With reflections by Jesús Colina

Twenty-six days with Pope Leo XIV, from the First Sunday of Advent to Christmas Eve. Scripture, the Pope’s words, a meditation, six questions and a prayer, every day.

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Hope is more than something we wait for. It takes shape in the people we encounter, the burdens we carry, and the small acts of love that transform ordinary days.

This Advent, discover hope through the words of Pope Leo XIV and the reflections of Vatican correspondent Jesús Colina. From the First Sunday of Advent (November 29) through Christmas Eve, each day brings Scripture, the Pope’s words, a meditation, six questions to connect faith with life, and a closing prayer.

One integrated edition. No app, no subscription. Everything lives in a single digital edition that opens on your phone, tablet or computer: a daily Advent calendar tracker, audio for every day, Pope Leo XIV’s teaching, a daily reflection on the Pope’s words, a guided meditation, and space for your own journal notes.

One bilingual edition. English (Lift Up Your Eyes) and Spanish (Alza la mirada) are both included, so you can pray in either language or switch between them.

Everything you get

What’s inside

One integrated edition that opens on your phone, tablet or computer. No app. No subscription.

  • A daily Advent calendar tracker
  • Audio for every day
  • Pope Leo XIV’s teaching
  • A daily reflection on the Pope’s words
  • A guided meditation and six questions
  • Space for your own journal notes
  • One integrated edition: no app, no subscription

Every day

One daily rhythm

Listen or read. Every day, your choice.

Each day opens two ways. Press play and listen on a walk, in the car or before you sleep, or read at your own pace and write your own notes. The same words, the same prayer.

Day 1 · First Sunday of Advent

  1. 01Listen or readScripture and the words of Pope Leo XIV
  2. 02ReflectA meditation by Jesús Colina
  3. 03AskSix questions to connect faith with life
  4. 04PrayA closing prayer

The shape of the season

26 days, one journey

  1. 1The world as it is
  2. 2The promise announced
  3. 3The reversal God brings
  4. 4The O Antiphons
Dec 17–23 · the Church’s seven days of longing
Nov 29 First Sunday of Advent Dec 24 Christmas Eve

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The people behind this book

Jesús Colina

Vatican correspondent · Author of Lift Up Your Eyes

Jesús Colina has reported on the Vatican for international media since 1991. He wrote the first book published in the United States and Spain on Leo XIV: Pope Leo XIV (Our Sunday Visitor, May 2025) and Dios nos quiere (Libros Libres, May 2025).

He founded and directed the international news agency ZENIT, served as content director of the Church’s Information Network for Latin America, and created and led the global information network Aleteia.org. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. He holds an honorary doctorate from The Catholic University of America and has received the Servitor Pacis award of the Path to Peace Foundation at the United Nations in New York and the ¡Bravo! award of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference.

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