The Third Sunday of Advent is often referred to as Gaudete ("Rejoice") Sunday. The title comes from the beginning of the Latin introit for this Sunday, "Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete" ...

I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...

Holiday joy is in short supply, but Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner have created a social media advent calendar of silly carols to lighten up a dark season. They talk with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

This Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday. Pope Francis has consistently called us to live with joy, most especially in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel," in which ...

I grew up in a not so typical Southern Baptist church in Jacksonville. Its uniqueness was apparent in the structure of the building, the formal order of worship, and the high church music. Even so, we ...

As the world heads into December 2020, nothing looks like the normal holiday rush. Catholics in the United States are used to office parties, school pageants, special choir rehearsals, concerts, ...

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