Prepare your heart for Christmas with our Advent Guides: How to Be a Catholic Print and pass on “How and Why to Go to Mass,” “How and Why to Go to Confession” (Nov. 20) and “How and Why to Pray” (Dec.

Our passage though Advent season is nearly drawing to a close. If you will recall advent is a time where we celebrate the arrival of the Messiah on Christmas morning. During the four weeks of advent ...

Scripture scholar and Blessed Sacrament Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere used to describe the scene in which the angel Gabriel seeks and speaks to Mary as one that could be played out spectacularly on film. It ...

Hail Mary! The greatest faith story ever told is unfolding in our hearts this Advent. On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are filled with boundless anticipation as we hold the Blessed Mother Mary in ...

It has been said that three figures stand at the heart of Advent: the Prophet Isaiah, John the Baptist, and the Blessed Mother. At the beginning of Advent (and throughout the season), we hear of ...

Everybody is bustling, getting ready for Christmas. Did you ever wonder what the preparations for the first Christmas looked like from the vantage point of eternity? We have countless depictions of ...