Christmas is a celebration that commemorates ... with your loved ones through this short but powerful prayer. Lord God, in this Advent season, we open our hearts to you. Help us prepare with ...

Lord hear my prayer. All ... Then the family can sing a song, an Advent carol, if it knows one, then it is time to bless the crib and eat Christmas Eve supper.

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 ...

Each Sunday during Advent, we’ll share a reflection to help you deepen your spiritual experience and contemplate the mysteries of the season and the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Merry 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 of ...

St Mark knew that when he wrote, The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. It is not the beginning we expect. No Christmas story, no baby in a manger. We are not even in Bethlehem. Like Genesis ...

Then the angel departed from her. On the brink of Christmas, we turn to Mary. We see the uncertainty, the fear, in the eyes of a young woman preparing (if that were possible) for the birth of her ...