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Category Archives: The Church Year
Candlemas Day
This ancient festival marks the midpoint of winter, halfway between the shortest day and the spring equinox. Candlemas is a traditional Christian festival that commemorates the ritual purification [..]
Christmas
Read Sundays’ gospel, Luke 2:1-14 Gospel Summary This portion of Luke’s infancy narrative contains two distinct components. First we are given the setting. Decreed by the rulers of [..]
Third Sunday of Advent
Read Sunday’s gospel, John 1:6-8, 19-28 Gospel Summary The Jewish leaders questioned John the Baptist asking who he was. They even took a few guesses themselves suggesting that [..]
Second Sunday of Advent
Read Sunday’s gospel, Mark 1:1-8 Gospel Summary The Messiah is foretold in Second Isaiah and the words of John the Baptist continue the foretelling during Advent. Just as [..]
Advent Hope
The season of Advent reminds us that we live in between the times of Christ’s first and second coming. And so “we wait in joyful hope.” What are [..]
Advent Wreathe
The Advent wreath, like many of our customs at Christmas traces its origin to pre-Christian times when candles were lit during the winter to the “sun-god” asking for [..]
Advent in 2 Minutes
Not sure about the relationship between Advent and Christmas? You thought they were the same thing? Check out Busted Halo’s® two-minute video that describes why we celebrate Advent [..]
Advent Wreathe
The Advent Wreath is a popular religious symbol this time of year. Fr. Greg Friedman, O.F.M., explains: How did it orginate? What does it have to do with [..]