Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday homilies that ...

As Advent got underway, Pope Francis included in his morning Mass homilies specific graces Catholics should pray for as they prepare for Christmas. In the chapel of his residence Tuesday, Pope Francis ...

The question is posed in the poem “Ash Wednesday,” T. S. Eliot’s searing indictment of modernity’s spiritual sterility. No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice Our culture ...

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the pontifical household, delivered the first Advent sermon which centred on two important points. First, the urgent need of loving Christ. Second, the ...

VATICAN CITY — This Advent, choose prayer and charity over consumerism, Pope Francis said Sunday in his first Mass of the liturgical year. “Resist the dazzling lights of consumption, which will shine ...

The word Advent comes from the Latin word adventus, which literally means “arrival” or “coming.” The Advent season reminds us how humanity waited for centuries for the coming of the Messiah. Prophets ...

COMMENTARY: Drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the great St. Bernard of Clairvaux, we can now observe the season with a broader horizon. The word ‘Advent’ is from the Latin ‘adventus’ for ‘coming’ ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Celebrating the liturgical seasons, we actualize the mystery -- in this case the coming of the Lord -- in such a way as to be able, so to speak, to 'walk in it' toward ...

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