Tag: Advent

VATICAN CITY -- At 53 years old, Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini, the new preacher of the papal household, was among the youngest in the...

By Phil Lenahan, OSV News As we move closer to winter, we anticipate the holidays and the fact that the New Year is just around...

By Marge Fenelon, OSV News Advent is the perfect time to make a retreat, and opportunities abound, whether it's overnight retreats, days of reflection, parish...

 Advent is a sacred time of preparation, a season of joyful anticipation as we await the birth of Christ. For Catholic families, it offers...

Advent is here — the wonderful season when we eagerly await the celebration of Jesus’ birth. Many parishes in the diocese are preparing with...

"After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called to the man and asked him, 'Where are you?' He answered,...

Scripture readings for December 8, 2024, Second Sunday of Advent Bar 5:1-9  Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6  Phil 1:4-6, 8-11  Lk 3:1-6 On an Advent morning...

By Father Michael Ackerman, OSV News (OSV News) -- Socrates, in Plato's Apology, famously stated that "the unexamined life is not worth living." This axiom...

By Jeannette de Beauvoir, OSV News Once upon a time, fasting was an expectation. Prayer, almsgiving (charity) and fasting were seen by the early church as...

Scripture readings for Dec. 1, 2024, First Sunday in Advent Jer 33:14-16  Ps 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14  1 Thes 3:12—4:2  Lk 21:25-28, 34-36 Aside from being...