Nonetheless, the lessons and hymns of Advent train our hearts to keep Christmas in a quieter, more hushed register. My friend Sr. Johanna, a Benedictine nun, conveys the mood of the season in a poem ...

Christmastide does not start until Dec. 25. Right now, this in-between time, is the penitential season of Advent, the very antithesis of festive bright lights and sugar plum fairies.

Listen as The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, reflects on Luke’s gospel passage as we begin Advent and the new church year. The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster You ...

Advent Sunday marks the start of the Evangelical Lutheran Church's new liturgical year and the beginning of the Christmas season. It also signals the start of Christmas preparations in Finland.

The conference notes that the new 2025 liturgical calendar will begin with the first Sunday of Advent on Dec. 1, 2024, and will conclude on the Saturday after the solemnity of Our Lord Jesus ...

There will always be a quiz to play. You will have to answer three questions to find out which three players are the right answers each day on the advent calendar. Seems easy, right? To complicate ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on Christmas Eve on Dec. 24. The holiday begins the liturgical year, the United ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on Christmas Eve on Dec ...

Advent begins Sunday, marking the start of the new liturgical year. Holy Mass will be celebrated each Advent Sunday (Dec, 1, 8, 15 and 22) at 4 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

This year, 2024, Advent begins on De. 1 and ends Dec. 24. For approximately four weeks during Advent, believers, those who once were believers, and those who might be believers again, anticipate ...