In this passage from Luke, we encounter the angel Gabriel, sent by God, delivering an extraordinary message to Mary: she will bear Jesus, the very Son of God. Consider, for a moment, the magnitude of ...

Find today’s readings here. During the liturgical season of Advent, the church reflects on the three “advents” or arrivals of Christ. The first was his coming as Jesus, the carpenter from Nazareth.

The Marian Library has created two ways to listen to Christmas music that are perfectly in tune with Joy to the World! our 2024 Christmas exhibit. Start off the Advent season with familiar Christmas ...

Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday homilies that ...

The word “advent” comes from a Latin term, which means “coming”—as in the “coming of Christ.” Thus, the four-week season of Advent (starting at the end of November and continuing until December 25th) ...

Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that many Christians and Catholics observe, in preparation for Christmas Day. The season begins four Sundays before Christmas and involves weekly themes ...

(NEXSTAR) — The holiday season is incoming, and for those who are of Christian faith, so too is the sacred time of Advent. And for the very first time ever, Burger King is giving customers a way to ...