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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Here are some common practices associated with Advent Sunday, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Church services. Lighting of the first Advent candle. Scripture readings.

Prva adventska nedjelja (or Advent Sunday) is the fourth Sunday before Christmas, and the first of four candles in the Advent wreath is lit. The residents of the capital, Zagreb, traditionally ...

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Today’s first reading and Gospel also remind us that Advent is a time for repentance and new beginnings. Advent does not have the deep penitential character of Lent, but it does call us to ...