“How do we really enter into a season like Advent when the world around us is already celebrating Christmas?” This is the question host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., sets before his guests, Scripture ...

With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

A woman lights a candle on the first Sunday of Advent at Our Mother of Sorrows Church in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 3, 2023, the start of the Advent season. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) “People will die of ...

Advent calendars began by German Lutherans in the 19th century. The purpose was to share in the anticipation and hope of the impending birth of Jesus Christ. The calendars originally started as a way ...

There is something quietly revolutionary about waiting together. In a world that values individual achievement and personal spirituality, the season of Advent reminds us that our faith was never meant ...