‘One mightier than I is coming’: Advent with St. John the Baptist December 2, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Saints While we celebrate both John’s birth (on June 24) and death (Aug. 29), it is during Advent that the liturgy amplifies John’s role as the precursor of Christ. It is John who, as God’s instrument, tells the world to get ready, the Messiah is coming; it is John who will then single out the Messiah living in the midst of man.
Radio Interview: Advent and St. Nicholas December 1, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Advent is a special season for Catholics as we prepare to celebrate the Incarnation of our Lord. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty is joined by two guests to talk about these days of anticipation.
While you wait December 1, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, The Domestic Church During this time of preparation for Christmas, Advent offers us a beautiful opportunity to grow in faith while we are waiting.
Pope gives Catholics in Turkey Advent ‘resolutions’ — building bridges November 30, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating Mass Nov. 29 in Istanbul’s Volkswagen Arena, Pope Leo was joined by laypeople, priests and bishops from the Latin, Chaldean, Armenian and Syriac Catholic churches.
What’s Your Starter Word (for Advent and for Wordle) November 30, 2025By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Commentary, Open Window Whether we’re playing Wordle or entering Advent, we might not begin the same way every time.
In Advent, gaining a healthy sense of sin November 30, 2025By David Werning OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary This penitential season of Advent is a perfect opportunity to take stock of our lives.
Major German Christmas market reopens with ‘security’ and ‘preserving tradition’ as main goals November 20, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, News, World News Christmas markets — long considered the lively heart of Advent in Germany — are facing new uncertainty this year as towns grapple with tighter security rules and rising public anxiety.
Papal preacher tells Curia to rediscover power of ‘littleness’ during Advent December 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With Christmas just days away, Christians must embrace the human quality of “littleness” as a path toward living out God’s humility exhibited in Advent, the papal preacher said.
A eucharistic Word: Christmas December 19, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary Keeping Christ in Christmas, or in any other day for that matter, is really the challenge of a eucharistic lifestyle. Our words are meaningless and empty when they are not upheld by our personal conformity in all we think, say and do.
Up on the Housetop December 18, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Commentary, Open Window I must have been about 5 or 6 that Christmas Eve. My grandmother was spending the night so she could wake up with all of us on Christmas morning. To make sure that Grandma had a bed, my oldest sister Maureen and I slept on the third floor of our Rodgers Forge townhouse. We were […]
Every dawn an Advent, every day a New Year December 16, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary Each day we stand before the doors of chronos and kairos. We can enter into the frantic, fast-paced, nonstop rush of consumerist culture, with its endless urgent cries of “buy, buy, buy” and “more, more, more.” Or we can turn and open another door, the quieter way of faith.
Spending Advent with St. Joseph December 14, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Commentary, Open Window As a woman and mother, I sometimes feel like I should feel close to Mary during Advent. And I do. But I often find myself looking more to St. Joseph. In so many ways, his story is similar to our stories. He’s thrust into a situation he couldn’t have anticipated. He considers backing out and […]
