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 ...

This Advent we look to the Wise ... Mark Zimmermann... • I want a Christmas that whispers ‘Jesus’. ~ Ann Voskamp... • The prayers focus on preparing for Christ’s coming at Christmas ...

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 ...

The four weeks before Christmas are part of Advent, which is a season of prayer, sac­rifices, and joyful anticipation to prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus. There are many wonderful ...

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 ...

Advent is the time in which some Christians prepare for Christmas, the memorial of the ... The purple candles symbolize prayer, penance and preparation during the season. The rose candle is ...

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 ...

The mystery of that great day had every right to the honor of being prepared for by prayer ... evident that Advent could not have been looked on as a preparation for the feast of Christmas ...

Historians have tracked the first formal Advent celebrations to northern Italy, where churchgoers observed a weeks-long preparation for Christmas that involved fasting, prayer, and reflection on ...