Just last Sunday we completed another cycle of the Church’s liturgical ... No, your job is to be ready to stand before Him, with open and ready arms. And isn’t that what Advent is for? Isn’t it to ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on ...

The custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, prays in front of the altar of St. Catherine ... the celebration of the Mass of the first Sunday of Advent. The theme of hope was the focus ...

Advent symbolizes the church’s present situation in these “last days,” according to scripture, as God’s people wait for the ...

Sunday, Dec. 1, is the First Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36. This Sunday’s Gospel is taken from the ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) explains on its website that the liturgical year is made up of six times or seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, the paschal Triduum, Easter ...

The third Sunday of Advent — known as Gaudete ... blue and churches may include a more modestly decorated altar. The Advent wreath first appeared in Germany in 1839 when a Lutheran minister ...