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 ...

We ask this through Christ our Lord. All Respond: Amen. 2. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Household Blessings and Prayers (CHBP), 1988. Printed with permission from eCatholicHub.net ...

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

To help people make Advent a true time of preparation leading to the celebration of Christ’s birth on Christmas, both the Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem and the U.S. Conference of Catholic ...

Prayers to the Blessed Mother, for whom that first Advent must have been astonishing, seem appropriate. Try not to get caught up in the hustle and rush, find time for quiet, not just for prayer ...

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.

Bill Lyons/Staten Island AdvanceEach church-goer holds a candle during the Staten Island Moravian Advent Vespers and Candlelight Service last weekend.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New Dorp Moravian ...

ADVENT SEASON: TIME FOR HOPE AND PRAYERS FOR CHRISTMAS TO BE THE TIME OF LIGHT AND LOVE: QUOTES AND HAIKU - • This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set ...

Advent is a time to turn our hearts and minds to Mary, the Mother of God. It is a time to consider the homely way God accomplishes His designs. It is a time to wait with Mary for the birth of Jesus.

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.

During Advent, evening prayer will be said in the Noble Room of Phillips Brooks House at 6.45 o'clock every weekday evening except Wednesday and Saturday.

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).