Tag: Advent

 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...

"When we let the world know that there is more to the holiday than presents and decorations, we fulfill our mission as Christians to...

Scripture readings for Dec. 24, 2023, Fourth Sunday of Advent 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16  Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29  Rom 16:25-27  Lk 1:26-38 Believe...

To mark the beginning of Advent, students of Holy Cross School in Dover designed Jesse Tree ornaments that bear a symbol that represents an...