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FaithAdvent Reflections
The Christmas story at the U.S. border
Keara Hanlon
A Reflection for the Monday of the Third Week of Advent
FaithAdvent Reflections
Gaudete Sunday: How can sacrifice be a cause for joy?
Doug Girardot
A Reflection for the Sunday of the Third Week of Advent
FaithAdvent Reflections
Transfiguration moments bring comfort — but they should also challenge us to serve
Bill McCormick, S.J.
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
Patrick Kavanaugh (photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Arts & CulturePoetry
Patrick Kavanagh is the Catholic poet we should be reading this Advent
Paul Corcoran
Kavanagh’s poem looks to Advent for a sort of poetic and spiritual rebirth, a chance to reacquaint ourselves with the “newness that was in every stale thing.”
FaithAdvent Reflections
Was Jesus a ‘glutton and a drunkard’? No, but he loved a good feast.
Zac Davis
A Reflection for the Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Colorful figures are pictured in the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square.
FaithNews
The Vatican Nativity features llamas, Indigenous garments and gifts of corn, quinoa and potatoes
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Unlike more traditional depictions of the Magi, the Andean interpretation has them accompanied by llamas and bearing sacks of food from the region, including corn, quinoa and potatoes.
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