(RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish ...

Sunday, Nov. 30, is the first Sunday in Advent and the first Sunday in a new liturgical year: Year B, Cycle I. NCRegister.com is the Register’s website. Find the “Resources” tab in the yellow bar at ...

The First Sunday of Advent is ecclesiastical New Year’s Day. It is a fitting occasion to make resolutions to grow in the spiritual life, as each time we have the privilege to retrace Christ’s life in ...

When I lived for a year in Asia as a graduate student, I adopted a few personal disciplines. One was to read the Bible cover to cover. As I read, I began looking for obscure phrases, hidden scriptural ...

Despite how I would ideally orchestrate my one wild and precious life, I am not a patient person. I want things to move faster. I want lines to disappear and I want decisions to be made in an instant.

On the first Sunday of Advent, Pope Francis recommended a traditional Advent prayer to invite God to draw close during this new liturgical year. "Advent is the season for remembering the closeness of ...

Tweety Bird is everywhere—on balloons, plates, napkins, cups, walls, cake, piñata and party bags. Plaster Tweety Birds mounted on styrofoam greet the guests as party favors. Everything is yellow and ...

I hope we recall that, as we celebrate this season of Advent, we are celebrating a period of time that's dedicated to waiting, expectation. Advent means "a coming." What we are waiting for we ...