Just last Sunday we completed another cycle of the Church’s liturgical ... No, your job is to be ready to stand before Him, with open and ready arms. And isn’t that what Advent is for? Isn’t it to ...

Sunday, Nov. 29, is the First Sunday of Advent (Year B). Mass Readings: Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19; 64:2-7; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37. The readings today are from ...

Sunday, Dec. 3, is the First Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37. Today’s ...

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The “liturgical year” starts on the first Sunday of Advent. So it’s a new liturgical year when Advent starts. But the Church also uses the ordinary calendar, so it would probably be a bit ...

Isn't he telling us that complacency will smother God's dream in our hearts? As we begin Advent, perhaps we should reverse conventional thinking and consider that God is waiting for us more than ...

That is the major theme of Mark’s entire Gospel, which we will be reading on most Sundays in the new liturgical year that begins on this First Sunday of Advent. The end of the age was near ...

Advent can last anywhere from 22 to 28 days, depending on which day of the week Christmas falls on each year. It begins on the fourth Sunday before ... calendars were first made in early 20th ...

The theme is reinforced in this Sunday’s first reading. The days are coming, says the prophet, and the Lord will be our justice (Jer 33:14-16). The readings for Advent begin with a dual ...

I made my first Communion when I was 8 ... His homily also works as an Advent message that tells us: "The unknown future will bring more than we can imagine. Just keep getting readier!" ...