Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D., reflects on Mark 13:37, "And what I say to you I say to all: Watch." For the first Sunday of Advent, Christie revealed the need to prepare spiritually during Advent.

Ponder the meaning of young Jesus' teaching in the temple with The Reverend Amanda Bourne in a reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas. The Reverend Amanda Bourne, Digital Content Manager You are ...

The first Sunday of Advent this year will be Sunday, December 2. Today, store-bought Advent calendars usually have 24 or 25 slots on them and when each is opened a photo or a small candy or gift ...

Reflection: First Sunday of Christmas. Welcome to our series of Advent and Christmas reflections. We hope you enjoy reading or watching the full reflection. Watch the complete reflection. Why can’t I ...

This is the world in which we hear this Sunday's readings. If Matthew tells the story, Hebrews gives a theological commentary: God has made the pioneer of our salvation perfect through suffering, ...

Some put up the tree on the first Sunday of Advent, put on lights the next Sunday, ornaments the next, and decorate it more and more as they get closer to Christmas.

Advent is first noted around the year 350, about the same time Christmas is first mentioned as being celebrated. ... First Sunday of Advent. Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 ...

The First Sunday of Advent 2022 is Nov. 27, exactly four weeks before the Sunday of Christmas this year, and while the Church provides this time to allow you to be caught by the joy of the ...

This year, church leaders are grappling with what may seem like an odd dilemma: Christmas Day falls on a Sunday for the first time since 2016, and that’s a problem.

Readings: First Sunday of Christmas. by Rosalind Brown. 13 December 2013. iStock. Isaiah 63.7-9; Hebrews 2.10-end; Matthew 2.13-end. ... This is the world in which we hear this Sunday's readings. If ...