Despite their seemingly secular modern-day iteration — featuring wine, chocolate or other products — Advent calendars ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Dec. 14, 2025.

Hang a stocking for Jesus. Fill it with notes and prayer intentions during Advent. You can pray for those intentions in the ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old ...

During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move ...

The goal of Advent is to grow in holiness, to grow closer to the Holy family and become a holy family ourselves. Christ is ...

Q: My dad gives up chocolate every year for both Lent and Advent. I always tell him that this is weird and that we're not supposed to give things up for Advent, only Lent. Which one of us is right ...

An Advent wreath is circular and symbolizes everlasting life and unending love. The arrangement is used to put our attention ...

Advent season is a reminder about the importance of Christ in people’s lives, and prepares them to celebrate Christ’s birth ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. This year, Advent began Nov. 30, the start of the new liturgical year.

Roráty, the ancient Czech Advent dawn Masses, return each December in candlelit churches. A priest and a mother from Zlín ...

Here’s a quick explanation of what Advent means for Christians and Catholics, and the origins behind some other Christmas ...