There are many Old Testament prophecies of the coming of Christ and many of them also allude to the Second Coming which can be called the Second Advent. Zechariah is second only to Isaiah in ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Second Sunday of Advent, Dec. 7, 2025.

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 ...

Beginning the Church's liturgical year, Advent (from, "ad-venire" in Latin or "to come to") is the season encompassing the ...

In graduate school, every student was required to take a core curriculum that included Introduction to Hebrew Bible (it was once named “Introduction to the Old Testament,” but was changed for good ...

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 ...

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars—usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the days from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve—represent just another ...

Christmas is a delightful disruption in the normal days of our lives. In the 2nd Chapter of Luke we see the shepherd just ...

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 ...

A Dallas mother created the "Finding Jesus" interactive Christmas countdown activity set. Its plush doll and puzzle pieces ...

Discover how the Jubilee Year and synodality deepen the meaning of Advent. A spiritual call to journey together in hope, ...