Advent: And So We Wait
Waiting is a natural part of life. But it’s often hard to wait. And in our modern world which pampers...
Advent
What are the O Antiphons?
An ancient tradition of Advent is the recitation of the O Antiphons: seven responses, or antiphons, that are sung or...
What I’ll Teach My Daughters This Christmas
This year is going to be an interesting Christmas. Besides the fact that we are doing things under new and...
Advent Reflection for the Pope: Reality of Death leads to Greater Appreciation of Life
By Junno Arocho Esteves – By forcing the world to see the reality of death, the COVID-19 pandemic also gives...
Embracing Poverty this Advent
There are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the same can be said to be true with regards to poverty....
2nd Sunday in Advent Reflection
Near-death experiences leave an indelible mark: an experience of possibility to follow a different path, a new way. Such encounters...
Advent: Seeking the Face of God? Look Around You
By Mike Nelson – How many of you, when asked, “How are you doing?”, have replied, “I’m just waiting for this...
Mass Readings: 29 November – 6 December, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 29 November, 1st Sunday of Advent Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:...
Finding Light in a Weary World
“Can you believe people are putting their Christmas decorations up already?” an acquaintance asked me the first week of November....
