And each gift is important to the building up of the body of Christ. So, I offer you the gift of these Advent reflections as a way of inviting you to practice hope during this time when hope is ...

Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into the world. Four weeks, each symbolized with a lighted candle, purple, purple, rose pink, purple. A time of waiting, a time of ...

Scripture readings, prayer and reflection are integral to Advent. Some people light candles on an Advent wreath. For others, Advent is celebrated as a faith community with long-standing traditions.

Historians have tracked the first formal Advent celebrations to northern Italy, where churchgoers observed a weeks-long preparation for Christmas that involved fasting, prayer, and reflection on ...

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Credit: Hallow Join Father Mike Schmitz for Face to Face: Advent with Fr. Mike Schmitz on the Ascension app. Schmitz will take you on a journey through daily video reflections and Scripture ...

The season of Advent, observed in the four weeks leading up to Christmas, is a time of anticipation, preparation and reflection in the Christian calendar. The word "Advent" comes from the Latin ...

I understand very differently than before those ancient promises of the coming Lord who will redeem us and set us free,” Delp wrote in one of his December 1944 Advent reflections. “ ...

Each Sunday during Advent, we’ll share a reflection to help you deepen your spiritual experience and contemplate the mysteries of the season and the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!

EWTN Celebrate each week of Advent by listening to the personal reflections of insightful priests speaking from St. Catherine’s Dominican Church in Newry, Northern Ireland. EWTN At 4 a.m. is the ...

Advent is upon us again: The time when the Church prepares to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. If you belong to a congregation that follows the Revised Common Lectionary, then the lessons ...