“Maybe this Gaudete Sunday, and this strange year, is beckoning us to quiet down, do less, be more prayerful, take intentional time to count our blessings and give thanks for the fundamental things.”
Advent Week 3: Rejoice in bleak times
Sunday Scripture reading: Dec. 13, 2020
Third Sunday of Advent
First reading: Is 61:1-2, 10-11
Second reading: 1 Thes 5:16-24
Gospel: Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
Last word: Hope incarnate
This year, Advent calls us to a new kind of hospitality to welcome the discomfort or stranger as an act of hope.
Advent Week 2: Where to find God: Advent conversion in 2020
Conversion during Advent is, in particular, “a question of converting our idea of God,” Pope Francis says. It is a time “to welcome not a fairy-tale character, but the God who challenges us, involves us and before whom a choice is imposed.”
Advent Week 2: Prepare the (digital) way of the Lord
How can we be the voice crying out in the wilderness when we can’t even leave our homes? The answer: We take to the (digital) streets.
Taking a closer look at the real St. Nicholas
From the archives: An interview with the author of “The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus: The True Life and Trials of Nicholas of Myra”
Stay alert during Advent and you’ll see God’s love everywhere, archbishop says
Catholics to pledge to put time aside for prayer, together as a family, and share how they are preparing spiritually this advent season.
Advent book suggestions
These new books help us to prepare for the Advent and Christmas seasons.