Advent's Lent-like waiting period is exactly why churches do not immediately whip out Christmas trees at the end of Ordinary ...
The first weeks of Advent focus more on the Lord’s second coming in glory than on his first coming at Bethlehem. The Gospel ...
Advent comes from the Latin “ad + venire,” which means, essentially, “to come to” or “to come toward.” “Ad + venire” is the ...
Cardinal Robert Sarah on Tuesday appealed to priests throughout the world to begin saying Mass facing the same direction as the faithful, suggesting that the season of Advent would be an opportune ...
The desired product of powerful prophecy is repentance unto salvation for all who believe. Preparing prophets do not seek ...
Celebrating the vigil Mass for the first Sunday of Advent, Pope Leo gave the Catholics what he described as “resolutions” to ...
EAST LONGMEADOW — When the Rev. John “Jack” Roach, 91, moved into East Village Place, he wasn’t sure if his lifetime of celebrating Mass had come to an end after 67 years as a Catholic priest. Roach ...