Advent is a Latin word which means to come, the coming, the arrival! In every Advent, which begins Nov. 29, we await the Lord in at least three ways. First, we joyfully celebrate the Mystery of Jesus’ ...

Growing up, many young children learn the words to the common table prayer, "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed, Amen."... The Calvary Lutheran Church Advent Festival ...

Sunday, Dec. 19, is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mass Readings: Micah 5:1-4a; Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45. On the Fourth Sunday of Advent we do well to ponder what is ...

Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began Dec. 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so overwhelm our senses each December that it’s hard to remember that ...

We are hours before Christmas. Our Blessed Mother, in luminous celebration as Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception, is standing close by. In God’s time, she and Joseph, have arrived in ...

"This year, the lowly stable reveals our crisis situation during Covid-19". "Our personal, family and Christian lives are also represented by the stable, where Jesus Christ wants to come and He will ...

On the First Sunday of Advent, in the passage from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus predicts apocalyptic events that will signal His return at the end of time. While the phenomena He describes are frightful, ...

On the last Sunday of the liturgical year, Catholics celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King. A relative newcomer to the church calendar -- established in the 20th century -- this feast is designed ...