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 ...

The four Sundays leading up to Christmas starts late this year; in fact, Dec. 3 is the latest it does come. Most ministers, I believe, prefer Advent to start after the Sunday following Thanksgiving, ...

Advent ‒ which derives from the Latin word "ad-venire," or "to come to" ‒ is the season that includes the four Sundays, and weekdays, leading up to Christmas, according to the United States Conference ...

In the heart of the Advent season, in a span of just four days, we hear Gabriel’s greeting, “Hail, full of grace,” as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) and the feast of ...

“It is fitting, my brethren, that we should celebrate this season of Advent with all possible devotion, rejoicing in so great a consolation, marveling at so great a condescension, inflamed with love ...

"And he came to her and said, 'Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!'" This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 1:28) — one of the three synoptic Gospels — and it's part of the story of ...

It has a long way to go before it reaches the secular awareness of the holiday it precedes. But Advent, the four-week period of pre-Christmas spiritual preparation observed by many Christians, is ...

“He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the ...

What season is it? Our lives are governed by seasons: the four seasons of weather, hunting season, baseball season, and so on. I recently saw a commercial for a cell phone company, playing off this ...

An important part of the observance of Advent during this liturgical season is the playing and singing of Advent music. It's similar to — but also different than — the more well-known genre of ...