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Advent: let’s keep our eyes on the prize
November 26, 2022
Advent: the time of arriving, the beginning of the Church’s year, a season of preparation that concludes on Christmas Eve. Pope Francis tells us that Advent “begins a time of consolation and hope. A new liturgical year begins, which brings with it the novelty of our God, who is the ‘God of all consolation’. I wish you to experience Advent thus, as a time of consoling novelty, and joyous waiting.” 
How to Inhabit Advent with James K A Smith
November 14, 2022
Advent causes us to focus precisely on the temporality of our lives because of the temporality of the Man who is to be born in time to redeem us
Christmas: a time for taking time
December 16, 2020
The habit of starting celebrations too soon and finishing them too soon is the worst aspect of a secular Christmas. The great thing is to start your own celebrations on Christmas Eve and keep them going right through the Twelve Days.
I Speak Too Well to Be Poor: An Advent Reminder
December 11, 2020
I speak too well to be poor. Even as I’m weeping on the phone, and the very kind woman is explaining to me that I had to make more before the pandemic to qualify for help, and I try to explain to her that there was no way to make money before the pandemic, and
End executions for Advent, Catholic bishops tell Trump
December 08, 2020
Ten executions in 2020 is “more than double the previous record of four in 1938,” the archbishops said in November.
Keeping Time: Advent traditions
December 07, 2020
The liturgical season of Advent has given rise to many great traditions, from the election of the Boy Bishop, to St Nicholas, to Carolling.
How observing the Ember Days can enhance your spiritual life
December 20, 2017
Ember days are a particularly ancient and rich part of the Church’s liturgical patrimony
The power and the beauty of the O Antiphons
December 19, 2017
The ancient liturgical cycle expresses the Church’s longing for the Messiah
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