Did the Church ‘steal’ Christmas from pagans?
Question: According to my priest, December 25 is not the birthday of Our Lord Jesus, and the Church simply turned...
Advent
Christmas Carols: More than Words
Every year in the weeks before Christmas, a vicar in London would set off and visit the pubs in his...
White Christmas in Summer?
Dear Reader, Every year, many Christians sound the alarm that the feast of the Nativity has been hijacked by commercial...
Prayer for Advent
This year Advent runs from December 1 – December 24 – a time to prepare our hearts for the coming...
Mass Readings: 8 December – 15 December, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year I Sunday December 8, 2nd Sunday of Advent Bar 5: 1-9/ Ps...
The Church Year and Advent
The Church Year Religious times and seasons – The church year has deep roots in the primitive human impulse to...
Repent! The King is Coming: 1st Sunday of Advent
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – First Sunday of Advent – Year C Sermon and Christian Act in The Word Theme: Repent!...
Mass Readings: 1 December – 8 December, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year C – Weekday Cycle Year I Sunday December 1, Ist Sunday of Advent Jer 33: 14-16/ Ps...
Fourth Sunday of Advent Reflection: Humility and Our Search For Favour
Franciscan Reflections From The Hermitage – Humility And Our Search For Favour – Fourth Sunday of Advent – Luke 1: 26-38 Every...
