Christmas is a celebration that commemorates ... with your loved ones through this short but powerful prayer. Lord God, in this Advent season, we open our hearts to you. Help us prepare with ...

Advent Novena Shutterstock Starting on St. Andrew's Feast day, November 30, the following beautiful prayer is traditionally recited fifteen times a day until Christmas.

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with ... We are over halfway to Christmas. Today, on Gaudete Sunday, we just begin to inch out of the half-light of Advent ...

Then the angel departed from her. On the brink of Christmas, we turn to Mary. We see the uncertainty, the fear, in the eyes of a young woman preparing (if that were possible) for the birth of her ...

Advent is the period before Christmas to prepare for celebrating ... However, many still observe fasting and focus on prayer and penitence. This period is meant to prepare one's heart for ...