With the great feast of Christmas only a few days away, and the narrative of Luke's Gospel, complete with the angels, ...

Although Advent calendars have become hot-ticket items, they still reflect their ancient Christian meaning, writes Matthew Robert Anderson.

We, like Joseph, are invited to empty ourselves, choosing to abandon anything that can get in the way of our union with God or our collaboration with God's design for creation.

ON THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR: St. Nemesius of Alexandria, Martyr, 250 A.D Nemesius was charged with stealing, but later he was ...

Gaudete Sunday always startles me a little. Liturgically, we are still in the “preparation” weeks of Advent — still waiting, ...

While serving, he used his high rank to perform a covert ministry, providing aid and comfort to Christian prisoners during ...

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Stacy Lamorte grew up knowing the importance of the Advent Wreath during Christmas.

As the holiday season approaches, faith leaders in the Sonoma Valley are inviting their communities to embrace the spiritual and cultural traditions that define Hanukkah, Advent, and Christmas. From ...

In some denominations, Advent is also celebrated by the lighting of an Advent wreath, which represents Jesus coming as a ...

Hang a stocking for Jesus. Fill it with notes and prayer intentions during Advent. You can pray for those intentions in the ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old ...

Q: My dad gives up chocolate every year for both Lent and Advent. I always tell him that this is weird and that we're not supposed to give things up for Advent, only Lent. Which one of us is right ...