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This Advent, Consider a Media Fast

Laura DeMaria December 10, AD2024 1 Comment

Advent – a time of beautiful, peaceful anticipation – is here! Advent is not a specifically penitential season, like Lent, and we don’t typically give

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For those of us who walk on this side of Christ’s coming in the flesh, it can often be hard to place ourselves in the

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Preparations for the Joy of Christmas

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I grew up in the Philippines, where Christmas music hits the radio airwaves as soon as the first “ber” month comes. Yes, as early as

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Living the Liturgical Calendar: The Wonderful Waiting of Advent

Cynthia Millen November 27, AD2018 No Comments

One filled with joy preaches without preaching. —St. Teresa of Calcutta Happy New Year! No, I’m not a month early. For Catholics who try to

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  Before becoming Catholic I had never before heard of Advent. After reading about it I was blown away yet again by the beauty of

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