As Christmas grows closer and closer, those who celebrate are busy with last minute preparations, including gift wrapping, holiday baking and celebration planning. However, for Christians, the weeks ...

Concordia University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Universitié Concordia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. It would be easy to conclude ...

Sunday, Dec. 14, is the Third Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11. The Gospel opens with John, in prison, sending his disciples ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for the ...

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars—usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the days from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve—represent just another ...

The question is posed in the poem “Ash Wednesday,” T. S. Eliot’s searing indictment of modernity’s spiritual sterility. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice Our culture ...

The key themes that defined the year behind us will also shape the one ahead. The most-read articles of 2025 tracked a return ...

The third Sunday of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, is a time to pause and rejoice. Joy is different from happiness and can exist even during times of difficulty or grief. Small, unexpected moments ...

Advent is a season filled with rich Catholic traditions, but a slightly lesser-known one is growing in popularity among younger Catholics. The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors ...

This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," I offer an Advent reflection on Luke Chapter 1, what I call "Mary's Advent Journey of Nonviolence." Luke tells her story as the three movements of the ...