as various kinds came to represent the various aspects of the Christian life and the life of Our Lord and His Mother: Bay for the Passion of Christ, not just for mourning as before, the evergreen ...

Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.’ The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge.” Psalm 46:10-11 As the ...

It’s Advent – my favorite season of the church year. If you’re not a church nerd like I am, Advent is a season of waiting. Four weeks of growing light, one light at a time each ...

First of three parts TRUST, a five-letter word, is a critical behavior in the daily lives of men. It is an assured reliance ...

Father Charles Vachetta, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate in Turin, Italy, wanted to give his parishioners something special for the Advent of 1721 ... Zeph 3:14-18) Our Lord and King... Behold ...

Feasts of Mary prior to 1969 Jan. 8 – Our Lady ... Masses of 1986 Advent Season: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Chosen Daughter of Israel The Blessed Virgin Mary, Chosen Daughter of Israel The Blessed ...

Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the time for ... let us be filled with hope and gratitude because our redemption is at hand. Focus on the Lord, not on the load. Let us not focus so much ...

Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry R. LaValley designates 11 pilgrimage sites during the Ordinary Jubilee 2025.

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation ...

Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...