Find today’s readings here. Once every six or seven years, when Christmas falls on a Monday, we have the shortest Advent possible and the Fourth Sunday of Advent, as it does this year ...

Here, we share a prayer to do with your family. The Fourth Sunday of Advent focuses especially ... and it emphasizes the nearness of Christmas, where we celebrate the incarnation of the Word.

JONATHAN ROUMIE ON FAITH AND PRAYER LIFE DURING ADVENT AND ALWAYS: ‘GOD HASN’T FORSAKEN US' It is the liturgical season that immediately precedes Christmas. Advent can last anywhere from 22 to ...

for a special Advent prayer challenge for this holy season of preparation for Christmas. The 25-day prayer challenge began Monday — and as part of the effort, both he and actor Liam Neeson guide ...

The idea that Advent is about more than Christmas, of course ... These are liturgical prayers more traditionally sung in the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve and that address Jesus through ...

participating in prayers and performing acts of kindness and charity. Here’s everything you need to know about Advent. The season of Advent, observed in the four weeks leading up to Christmas ...

“Advent is a time to go in ... with simply lighting a candle every Sunday leading up to Christmas and offering your own prayer for peace said O’Brian, who teaches the spiritual practice ...

It was a time of prayer and fasting for new Christians. Advent gradually developed into a season that lasted four weeks leading up to Christmas. The tradition as we know it today became popular in ...

The purple candles symbolize the prayer, penance and preparatory ... to celebrate the faithful reaching the midpoint of Advent and proximity of Christmas, according to theUnited States Conference ...