Advent 2024: Catholic Advent Wreath Prayers to Embrace the Season Every Sunday with Your Family "Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man." ...

CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 08:00 am As we begin Advent and prepare for the birth of Christ in all the practical ways — gift buying, tree trimming, decorating, meal planning, and more — it’s ...

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.

Lighting the next candle each Sunday with family prayers, which are easily found online at https://bit.ly/3DRFQ5C, marks the progress of Advent.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 4, 2022 / 07:00 am An emeritus Texas bishop is highlighting an Advent message hidden in the O Antiphons — prayers that are recited or chanted in an ancient ...

The Advent Adventures with Father Nate is the first in a series of Catholic children's books. A second book, The Lenten Adventures with Father Nate, will be available in January 2025.

Advent is best lived as a penitential season. It summons us to wait for the Lord, to pause, to reflect, to ask hard questions of ourselves, and to place first things first.

Join the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids on December 24 at 11 p.m. for the prelude concert followed by midnight Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas).

Advent is also a wonderful time to return to the Church. If you’ve been away, the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids invites you to consider coming back during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.