Still, noted Lomnitzer during this season of Advent in 2023, there was more to come. "As the drama of God’s revelation intensifies, John the Baptist now appears, unlike any of the other prophets ...

THIS is a short Sunday Gospel: only six verses ... in the style of the prophets of old. Encountering the Advent wilderness with John, we, too, are supposed to prepare for our task of embodying the ...

(photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA / EWTN) This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) explains on its website that the liturgical year is made up of six times or seasons: Advent ... Cycle C. In Cycle A, the Sunday Gospel ...

The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent. The pink candle will be lit on the third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means ‘to ...

hastening the coming of the day of our God." The Second Sunday of Advent calls us into the sort of waiting that actually hastens the fulfillment of God's reign among us. Like Mary — the ...

Advent is four weeks long and marks the beginning of the Christian year. The first Sunday of Advent is always ... when Christians think about the second coming of Christ and what they need to ...