The more we embody the Holy One, who negotiates and arbitrates among all peoples and across all cultures and nations, the ...

The first weeks of Advent focus more on the Lord’s second coming in glory than on his first coming at Bethlehem. The Gospel ...

As Advent begins on November 30, 2025, we explore the rich history and symbolism behind this Christian season of preparation ...

For Deacon Franz Fruehwald, Christmas with its decorations and shopping seems to arrive earlier each year. It’s easy to get distracted, which is why Advent helps us stay alert and prepare for the Lord ...

Despite 2025's global wars and crises, the season of Advent reveals how hope endures through the darkness, drawing on ...

PRAYER: Gracious Father, we pray, this day for the grace for the ability to be agents of justice and mercy, so that we may be ...

Growing up in my family meant a steady flow of house guests throughout the year. While it was mostly old friends and relatives, even the occasional exchange student, college student on a choir tour, ...

"And what I say to you I say to all: Watch" (Mark 13:37). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of Mark is attributed to St. Mark the Evangelist and is ...

Advent is a season in which memory, time, and expectation are fused in surprising ways. It calls us to look back to the past, forward to the future, upwards to heaven, and downwards to earth. It is a ...

The season of Advent, among its many virtues and purposes, reminds us of where we are on our Christian journey. We are between “comings” of Jesus. Advent points us toward the celebration of the ...