The Awkwardness of AdventFATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER
The star that Jean-Paul Sartre once was, doyen of his day's incompletely educated intellectuals, has not quietly faded the way splashy names often do in the generation after they die.
Advent and self-denialSAINT JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN
Rise up then in the morning with the purpose that (please God) the day shall not pass without its self-denial.
Fasting for AdventDAVID G. BONAGURA, JR.
Christmas is here. Or so the shopping malls, television ads, newspaper circulars, and radio waves would have us believe.
The Coming of AdventFATHER GERALD E. MURRAY
The awesome reality of the Incarnation calls for our full attention.
Advent is lyrically beautifulFATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER
The season of Advent is lyrically beautiful if one is willing to engage the realities it teaches: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell.
The Christmas Candle Celebrates AdventJOSEPH PRONECHEN
Rick Santorum on the new family-friendly film his company has produced and his own familys holiday preparations.
The Liturgical Season of AdventFR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
How did the celebration of Advent come about?
The Liturgical Season of AdventREV. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
How did the celebration of Advent come about?
Advent and the deeper truthsFATHER GEORGE W. RUTLER
Recently I read something I had written about Advent in an essay rather a while ago, and in it I pointed out that this holy season every year is a healthy kind of crisis.
Advent and the Christmas CribBENEDICT XVI
After celebrating the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, we enter during these days into the evocative atmosphere of immediate preparation for Holy Christmas, and we already see the tree set up here.
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