There’s an old joke with lots of variations that says that kids were out playing in the parish yard and they saw Jesus coming. They ran into the church offices and excitedly told the secretary. He ...

This period, known as Emmanuel or "God with us," shifts the focus from anticipation to presence. Five candles burn on the ...

"And what I say to you I say to all: Watch" (Mark 13:37). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of Mark is attributed to St. Mark the Evangelist and is ...

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Advent not only prepares us for the birth of Jesus Christ (his first advent), it also prepares us for his return (his second advent). Both of these themes are present in the readings for this Sunday.

On Saturday evening in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI marked the first day of this year’s Advent season with a challenge, and a call to Christians to accept the communion offered by God in ...

The word "advent" means "coming," and the month of December is the season of Advent where we wait expectantly and get our hearts ready for Christmas and the celebration of Christ's birth. A way to ...

We begin the season of Advent with readings that direct our gaze to the ultimate and the immediate realities of our lives. The first Sunday of Advent always looks to history’s end. For Christians that ...

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Advent is a season in which memory, time, and expectation are fused in surprising ways. It calls us to look back to the past, forward to the future, upwards to heaven, and downwards to earth. It is a ...