Advent: Begins Sunday November 29, 2009

The season of Advent, the time of preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas and the start of the liturgical year in the Roman Catholic Church, begins on a different date each year.
When does Advent 2009 begin?
Answer: Advent 2009 begins on the First Sunday in Advent, November 29, 2009.

November 27, 2009: First Sunday of Advent

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25; 1 Thessalonians 3:12–4:2; Luke 21:25-28,34-36
As human beings, we do well with “either/or,” but we maybe weak at “both/and.” In fact, one of the tasks of our lives as we grow in wisdom, age and grace may very well be to move from “either/or” to “both/and” as we encounter the diversity and [...]

About Advent and Christmas

Advent
Advent (ad-venio in Latin or “to come to”) begins the Church year and consists of the four Sundays before Christmas. The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and also to the anniversary of the Lord’s birth on Christmas. Advent [...]

September 13, 2009 – Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Tomorrow we celebrate the Triumph of the Cross. Can you see the triumph of the cross not only in the death and resurrection of Jesus, but in your daily life and the lives of others? Where and how?

September 6, 2009 – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

What situation in the world today would you like to reverse? What are you doing to make that happen?

August 30, 2009 – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

How do you see the relationship between following the law and being a disciple?