We, like Joseph, are invited to empty ourselves, choosing to abandon anything that can get in the way of our union with God or our collaboration with God's design for creation.

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection for the readings and Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Dec. 21, 2025.

(RNS) — The Scripture readings during Advent are a mix of comfort and challenge. On the one hand, the readings from Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-56) offer us comfort. The author was speaking to Jewish ...

Veteran Navy SEAL Jimmy Graham explores how Joseph's sacrificial love during the Advent season offers modern fathers and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” said St. Jerome. If that’s true, then lots of Catholics are getting to know Christ very well indeed. In the past year, nearly ...

“How do we really enter into a season like Advent when the world around us is already celebrating Christmas?” This is the question host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., sets before his guests, Scripture ...

It would be easy to conclude that Advent calendars—usually with 25 compartments that reveal a treat, image or scripture, used to count down the days from Dec. 1 to Christmas Eve—represent just another ...

"To you, O Lord, I lift my soul." On this First Sunday of Advent, Catholics throughout the world are invited to sing this same psalm refrain. Do we mean it? As we prepare to celebrate the Incarnation, ...

Saint Paul tells us that it is wake-up time – time rich in importance – because we are closer to our salvation than when we ...

St. Jude Church hosts a Festival of Lessons & Carols on Dec. 21, inviting all to reflect on Advent through Scripture and song ...