along with their 2nd Friday, 2nd Saturday, and 2nd Sunday collections.

When I got to the range on Sunday afternoon the skeet shooters were still shooting skeet. One of the regular caddies was working with the shooters and upon seeing me said, “Welcome to the new ...

What is the spirit of this Advent season? Where should our focus be ... so we are to be guided by the same wisdom reflected in us, echoing in us. The second title that we are given to contemplate is ...

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 to Mass twice? The answer is yes.

I remembered that as I read today's Liturgy of the Word. Both Baruch and Paul emphasize themes of joy. We don't often hear from Baruch. He's about as famous for being Jeremiah's scribe as for the ...

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 ...

Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday ...

In a circular released on Saturday, November 23, the celebration of the Second Sunday of Advent on December 8 will take precedence over the feast of the Immaculate Conception. “When there is a ...

Local vendors are rallying behind a new monthly market in Saratoga Springs called Second Sunday at Congress Park. It’s the second to last Second Sunday Market scheduled this year. Dozens of ...

"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the ...

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 ...