Tag: Advent

Sunday Scripture readings, Dec. 20, 2020: Fourth Sunday of Advent 1) 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 2) Rom 16:25-27 Gospel: Lk 1:26-38 God's...

"Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you." Never before have Gabriel's words struck me as they have this year. When Gabriel speaks these...

Our Advent preparations culminate in a rich tapestry of biblical readings in this Fourth Week of Advent. The Gospels attune our hearts and minds...

By Brian T. Olszewski, editor The Catholic Virginian Diocese of Richmond During the early '80s, when I moonlighted as a disc jockey at a country music station...

Do you ever find yourself, during this time of COVID-19, experiencing unexpected tears? We’ve all walked, on the news, through hospital corridors we never planned...

VATICAN CITY  -- No pandemic and no kind of crisis can extinguish the light of Christ, Pope Francis said. May people let his light into...

Imagine the countless moments the Virgin Mary experienced during the months between the Annunciation and the Nativity -- that special, private time that she...

The 19th-century English poet Christina Rossetti had never heard of COVID-19, climate change or many of the woes that beset us in the bleak...

Sunday Scripture readings, Dec. 6, 2020 Second Sunday of Advent 1) Is 40:1-5, 9-11 Psalm 85:9-14 2) 2 Pt 3:8-14 Gospel: Mk 1:1-8 God hasn't stopped unfolding unexpected plans for...

Flip back through photos and you'll see how different Christmas will look this year. No Nativity pageant at church. No Christmas concert at school....