Sing Christmas carols during Advent. Put up the tree before Halloween.

Our consumer culture says "party all the time." But Advent songs emphasize the darkness that comes before the light.

This year I’ve switched gears, opting for a new mother-daughter tradition that inspired me to slow down and savor the season.

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 ...

In her Scriptures and prayers, however, the church does not look toward Bethlehem until Dec. 17. And each year, on the second ...

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

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 ...

Against the backdrop of the lush evergreens and (almost) views of the Straight of Georgia, the parishioners of St. Hilda’s ...

The significance of candle lighting in preparation for Christmas Day.

“Dear friends, Advent is the season of the presence and expectation of the eternal. For this very reason, it is in a ...

Advent's Lent-like waiting period is exactly why churches do not immediately whip out Christmas trees at the end of Ordinary ...