Advent 2025 Bible Coloring Pages

Advent 2025 — four-week calendar, family devotion, Christmas preparation

Advent 2025 began on Sunday, November 30, 2025 and ran through Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025. The four-week season of preparation before Christmas Day is one of the most spiritually substantial periods in the Christian year — particularly for Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Methodist families who observe the liturgical Advent traditions.

This Advent 2025 page holds the season's complete resources: the four-week Advent calendar we recommended, the daily printable bundle, the family devotion plan, and the Sunday school workflow we used in our home parish through November and December 2025.

Advent 2025 — the four Sundays

The four Sundays of Advent 2025 fell on:

• First Sunday of Advent: November 30, 2025 — Theme: Hope
• Second Sunday of Advent: December 7, 2025 — Theme: Peace
• Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday): December 14, 2025 — Theme: Joy
• Fourth Sunday of Advent: December 21, 2025 — Theme: Love
• Christmas Eve: December 24, 2025
• Christmas Day: December 25, 2025

The themes (Hope, Peace, Joy, Love) are the standard Advent themes used across most Western Christian traditions. Each Sunday adds another candle to the Advent wreath — the four exterior candles plus the white Christ candle in the center.

The Advent wreath in 2025

The traditional Advent wreath includes:

• A circular evergreen base (representing eternity and life)
• Four candles around the perimeter:

- Three purple candles (representing prayer, penance, sacrifice) — lit on Sundays 1, 2, and 4 - One rose-pink candle (representing rejoicing) — lit on Gaudete Sunday (Sunday 3)

• One white candle in the center (the Christ candle) — lit on Christmas Eve / Christmas Day

For Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Methodist families, the Advent wreath is the central visual symbol of the season. Our Advent wreath coloring page supports this family tradition.

The 25-day Advent calendar (December 1-25, 2025)

For Advent 2025, we published a 25-day calendar with one coloring page per day from December 1 through Christmas Day. Each day had:

A scripture reading

Selected from the daily lectionary, with attention to Advent's prophetic and preparation themes.

A coloring page

One scene per day, building progressively toward the Nativity by Christmas Eve.

A family discussion prompt

One question to discuss at the dinner table or before bedtime.

A simple action

One small action to take that day (light the candles, say a prayer, do a kindness).

Sample daily breakdown

• December 1: Isaiah 9:6 — "For unto us a Child is born" — Color the prophet Isaiah scene
• December 6: Saint Nicholas Day — Color the Saint Nicholas page (see Saint Nicholas content)
• December 8: Immaculate Conception (Catholic) — Color Mary's Immaculate Conception image
• December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe — Color the Guadalupe page
• December 13: Saint Lucy — Color the Saint Lucy page
• December 15: O Sapientia (one of the O Antiphons) — Color the related antiphon page
• December 21: Fourth Sunday of Advent — Color the Annunciation scene
• December 24: Christmas Eve — Color the full Nativity scene
• December 25: Christmas Day — Color the Nativity celebration scene with shepherds

Family Advent devotion plan

For families wanting structured daily Advent devotion:

Morning routine

Light the Advent wreath candles (the appropriate number for the week). Read the day's scripture reading aloud at breakfast. Pause briefly for prayer.

Afternoon coloring

After school, take 15-20 minutes for the day's coloring page. Pin or display the finished page where it can be seen.

Evening reflection

Before bedtime, discuss the day's question. Pray a simple prayer asking God for the day's grace (hope, peace, joy, or love depending on the week).

Sunday gathering

On the four Sundays of Advent, gather extended family for a brief Advent ritual: light the candles, read the Sunday gospel, sing one Advent hymn.

This rhythm, sustained across the four weeks, produces a substantively different December — one focused on spiritual preparation rather than just commercial Christmas anticipation.

Sunday school workflow for Advent 2025

Our Sunday school Advent 2025 ran weekly with:

First Sunday (November 30) — Hope

Read Isaiah's Messianic prophecies. Color the prophecy bundle. Light the first candle. Discussion: "Israel waited hundreds of years for the Messiah. How does God's faithfulness in waiting teach us?"

Second Sunday (December 7) — Peace

Read about John the Baptist. Color the wilderness page. Light two candles. Discussion: "John told people to prepare for the Messiah. How do we prepare?"

Third Sunday (December 14) — Joy

Read the Annunciation and Mary's Magnificat. Color the Mary scene. Light three candles (the rose-pink one lit this week). Discussion: "Why was Mary joyful?"

Fourth Sunday (December 21) — Love

Read Joseph's annunciation dream. Color the Joseph scene. Light four candles. Discussion: "Joseph showed love by his faithfulness. How do we show love in our families?"

Christmas Sunday (or Christmas Eve service) — the Nativity

Read Luke 2. Color the full Nativity. Light the Christ candle (white, center). Celebrate.

Advent 2025 — the O Antiphons (December 17-23)

The seven days from December 17 through December 23 — the "O Antiphons" period — are a particularly rich part of Advent. Each day has one of the seven traditional antiphons (used at Vespers in Catholic tradition):

• December 17: O Sapientia (O Wisdom)
• December 18: O Adonai (O Lord)
• December 19: O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse)
• December 20: O Clavis David (O Key of David)
• December 21: O Oriens (O Dayspring)
• December 22: O Rex Gentium (O King of Nations)
• December 23: O Emmanuel (O God-With-Us)

Each antiphon is a different Old Testament prophetic title applied to Christ. Our O Antiphon bundle covers all seven as illustrated meditations.

Looking ahead — Advent 2026

Advent 2026 will begin on Sunday, November 29, 2026. Our content will be refreshed with the 2026 calendar at that time. The structural pattern (4 Sundays, Hope/Peace/Joy/Love themes, 25-day December calendar) will remain consistent.

Related Christmas and Advent content

• Christmas Bible coloring pages — full December catalog
• Nativity scene — central Christmas image
• Saint Nicholas — December 6 saint
• Mary, Mother of Jesus — Annunciation and Magnificat
• John the Baptist — Advent prophetic figure
• Easter 2026 — next major liturgical season

— Sarah Mitchell, Christian Education Editor