A familiar tension begins to build as Christmas music is heard in stores where weary store clerks take down Halloween displays. Black Friday sales invade my In Box in mid-November from stores I have ...

Sunday, Dec. 6, is the Second Sunday of Advent (Year B). Mass Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85:9-14; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8. This Second Sunday of Advent, we continue with the theme of ...

With the current war in Israel resulting in the cancellation of many planned tours and pilgrimages to the Holy Land, the Magdala Tourist Center in the biblical town of Magdala is offering a "virtual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation for the arrival of the Christ child in many Christian ...

Find today’s readings here. Once every six or seven years, when Christmas falls on a Monday, we have the shortest Advent possible and the Fourth Sunday of Advent, as it does this year, falls on ...

The Magdala Tourist Center, located in the biblical town of Magdala on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, announced a virtual pilgrimage due to devastating current events in the Holy Land, which are ...

A little over a year ago, my husband and I sold our 2,000-square foot house in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, and moved into a 32-foot RV in a 10-acre cow pasture. The land is raw, which means there is ...

An early Christmas card brings the hopeful greeting "Peace!" This second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2025, calls us to recognize the Lord’s peace, embrace it for ourselves, and build a realm of ...

That was the start of a practice I've taken to calling Candle Hour. An hour before I go to bed, I turn off all my devices for the night. I hit the lights. I light a candle or two or three — enough to ...

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation for the arrival of the Christ child in many Christian churches. There are four weeks, four Sundays of Advent, and this Sunday is ...