This Advent season will be different from all the others we've experienced. Those familiar Advent themes of longing for God and waiting in hope take on a special meaning for us in the midst of the ...

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent This Advent, the “Friends of Windsor Terrace” acquired a permit to erect a Christmas tree in the middle of Bartel-Pritchard Square, a plaza (read ...

Every year, Christians face the distractions of the busy Christmas season. As Joseph Pronechen wrote recently, we risk being swept up in “secular busyness ... [t]he hustle and bustle of shopping for ...

Here we are, Christmas Day. How wondrous. Nothing compares! We have been waiting and preparing for the birth of the Christ Child, and His arrival changes us and changes our world, if we let it. During ...

Find today’s readings here. Think about all the Christmas memories that you and your family cherish and return to over and over again through the years. Many of my core childhood memories of Christmas ...

The celebration of Christmas is a secular pleasure that has been with us for many years. That in itself can be a joy for both young and old alike. There is also a need to be inspired by the true ...

The new global surge of Covid-19 is stifling many Christmas traditions as governments renew safety measures and toughen restrictions — including canceling Christmas markets and other public ...

Almost everyone, even many non-believers, agrees that Christmas is a magical day. We dress it up as one, with lights on our windows and decorations on our doorways. The tinsel and the music and all of ...