The first Sunday of Advent is the start of a new liturgical year, and yet there is a continuity with the end of the liturgical year just finished. The liturgical year ends with readings full of ...

Jeremiah 33.14-16; Psalm 25.1-9; 1 Thessalonians 3.9-end; Luke 21.25-36 ADVENT has its origins in a penitential season (the “December fast”) in which the faithful looked forward to their Lord’s return ...

This first week of Advent promises that the time of salvation is at hand, if only we will dare to ask for divine help and take responsibility for our boomeranging prayer.

The first Sunday of Advent this year will be Sunday, December 2. Today, store-bought Advent calendars usually have 24 or 25 slots on them and when each is opened a photo or a small candy or gift ...

Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D., reflects on Mark 13:37, "And what I say to you I say to all: Watch." For the first Sunday of Advent, Christie revealed the need to prepare spiritually during Advent.

Advent: Composer Marty Haugen reflects on the first Sunday of Advent and how music can shape this prayerful time in our lives.

November 27, First Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 2:1-5; Matthew 24:36-44 While we're preparing for Jesus' birth, these texts talk about getting ready for the Second Coming.

First Presbyterian Church is inviting the community to join in observance of Advent as the preparation for the celebration of the arrival of the Christ Child on Christmas Day.

Pope Francis, for the second consecutive Sunday, was assisted by an aide in praying the Angelus, as he continues to recover from an acute bronchial infection.

The season of Advent, among its many virtues and purposes, reminds us of where we are on our Christian journey. We are between “comings” of Jesus. Advent points us toward the celebration of the ...

The first printed example seems to have been produced by a German publishing house in 1908, and, since then, households have been delighted by the daily surprise of a new picture from Advent Sunday ...