Discover why Advent’s third Sunday candle turns rose: the Gaudete “Rejoice” pause that marks we’re halfway to Christmas and ...

Concluding his reflection, Pope Leo said that Advent calls Christians to unite their expectation of the Savior with ...

COMMENTARY: Gaudete Sunday invites us to taste already the joy that comes from knowing our Savior is coming for us out of ...

Three candles burn now: hope, peace, and joy. Next week, we turn toward love, the culmination of everything Advent builds.

PRAYER: Lord, show us your ways and teach us your paths. Fill our hearts with true joy. Help us to live soberly, justly, and ...

Jesus said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are ...

The lighting of Advent wreath candles is a cherished Christian tradition. Each candle represents a different value with the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With the coming of Advent, the Western Christian church begins the first season of its liturgical year. Advent starts on the Sunday ...

Ask almost anyone, anywhere, and they’ll tell you that 2025 has been a hard year. We’ve witnessed global wars, school shootings and an alarming rise in political violence. We’ve endured a ...

SEARCHING for a good word to describe the drama of Advent Sunday, I was tempted by “cataclysmic”. The “day of the Lord”, the Bible says, will bring darkness, desolation, and destruction. The prophets ...

Now is the time of anticipation for Christians—the joyful yet serious Advent season, the spiritual lead-up to the time of celebrating the birth of Jesus. Christian publishers have a wide range of ...

On Sundays, starting Nov. 30 through Dec. 21, Gary United Methodist Church is offering an Advent study looking at the names given to Jesus. In Isaiah 9:6, Jesus Christ is given four royal titles — ...