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Prepare the (digital) way of the Lord during the rest of Advent season

As we approach the halfway point of Advent, we are likely busy with our preparations for a Christmas that will look different this year.

Naming God: Atlas or Advent?

Some years ago, when I was the pastor of a large city parish, I was having dinner with some parishioners. At one point, one of the family members said that when it comes down to it, all religions are the same. “They all share the same purpose and goal: to help people come to God,” he said. “Yes,” I responded, “there may be some truth to that, but Christianity actually turns that around, because at the core of our belief is not so much that we come to God, but that God comes to us.”

Weeks of longing

We have entered the longest four weeks of the year. By which I mean the weeks before Christmas, when kids large and small know their presents are coming, might even be in the house already, but they can’t have them yet.

Parishes take Advent activities online during the pandemic

When Mary Jane Sullivan began the process of assembling her Advent wreath Nov. 29, she went step by step, showing what she was doing to the roughly 80 families that were following along.

A year of Advent

Every day when we walk the dog, we see more houses with Christmas decorations up. There are lights on bushes, fences and porch railings, flags, Santas on sleighs affixed to house fronts.

Seeking the face of God? Look around you

How many of you, when asked, “How are you doing?”, have replied, “I’m just waiting for this year to end”?

Seek the light during busy Advent season, advises chaplain

Advent is the season of waiting and anticipating the coming light. “Advent means dawn coming. It’s like a new beginning,” said Father Matthew Lowry, chaplain at Holy Trinity Newman Center on the Flagstaff campus of Northern Arizona University.

Ways to celebrate the spirit of Advent and Christmas around the archdiocese

As the hours of sunlight dwindle and the calendar draws closer to Christmas, Catholics have plenty of options when it comes to ways to celebrate this season of joyful anticipation.

Advent: Jesus shows us how to prepare

Jesus loves you. And he wants you to triumph; he won’t let you fail. He gives you all the tools you need to be with him for eternity in paradise.

St. Mary of the Woods teaches families how to make Advent wreaths

St. Mary of the Woods, 7033 N. Moselle Ave., held an Advent wreath making party after the evening Mass on Nov. 30, 2019. The event was sponsored by the parish family association and included a pizza party and wreath blessing.
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