Tag: Advent

Multiple times in the past few months, when discussing the horrors of this year, a friend has half-jokingly said, "If Jesus is going to...

Long months of the vicious COVID-19 pandemic preceded the arrival of this year's Advent season leading to Christmas. Neither Advent nor Christmas in 2020...

Advent is less than a week away! This is the time we take to reflect on the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As...

During Advent, we pray about our call to be disciples. But what does "discipleship" mean? One of the most accessible and enjoyable Jesuit writers of...

Sunday Scripture readings Nov. 29, 2020: First Sunday of Advent 1) Is 63:16-17, 19, 64:2-7 Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 2) 1 Cor 1:3-9 Gospel: Mk 13:33-37 Make a new spiritual...

Responding to editors’ requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic press, here is an editorial titled: “Thanksgiving. Advent. Christmas....

How many of you, when asked, "How are you doing?", have replied, "I'm just waiting for this year to end"? We have experienced in 2020...

Resting in the miracle The doctor placed you upon me, Skin on skin, warm but cold. She said skin would bond us. She said you would know it...

As the COVID-19 pandemic made its way around the globe in 2020, people of all races, ages and walks of life watched and waited....

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Advent is a time to watch and prepare for the coming of Christ just as vigilantly...