Peace Amid the Noise
For Catholics, the Advent season should create a tension in reconciling the secular and the holy elements of the weeks leading up to Christmas. More scrupulous Catholics may even be concerned about whether it...
Category: Advent
Advent Matters!
By Deacon Greg Kandra – Christmas is still weeks away, and already we’re exhausted. We’ve heard too much Mariah, endured too much tinsel, watched too many Hallmark specials, been bombarded with too many ads for...
First Sunday of Advent Reflection
A time to breathe, a time to put aside our grievance, a time to let go, and a time to prepare. The years flow together and all the many preparations we have made; preparations...
Want To Add To Hope, Joy, Reflection, Healing? Then You Can Do Advent
By Mark Pattison – Compared to Christmas, Easter and Lent, Advent is the Maytag repairman of liturgical seasons. Hardly anybody calls on it. To many, Advent may seem like four weeks of the priest...
Fourth Sunday in Advent Reflection
When last have you leapt for joy? We flick a switch and have light. We open a faucet and we have water. We dial a number on our smart phones and communicate with friends...
Prayer: 3rd Sunday in Advent
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Capuchin tells Pope: In Times of Trouble, Hold Fast to God
When storm clouds gather and the Catholic Church is tossed by the scandalous behaviour of some of its members, Catholics must repeat what St. Francis of Assisi repeated: “God is and that suffices,” the...
2nd Sunday in Advent Reflection
A moment in time and in an instant everything changes; death, disease, accidents or that moment when we first recognise the love of our lives. Although it does and will continue to happen to...
Prayer: 2nd Sunday of Advent
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Advent Calendars: Old Tradition and Modern Commercialism, But Same Message
The Advent calendar with one tab or box to open each day for 24 or 25 days taps into something people really like: countdowns. It also highlights the anticipation that is at the heart...
Pope: During Advent, Make Peace, Not War
The Advent season is a time of preparation for the coming of the prince of peace and not a time of making war with those around you, Pope Francis said.
First Sunday of Advent Reflection
Copy and paste… copy and paste; we keep telling the same stories, over and over again; everything that I have been taught to know; everything that validates my perceiving, my belief, my understanding, my...
