For many Christians this past Sunday marked the beginning of Advent: A season of anticipation as we prepare for the birth of Jesus. Churches who read the selected scriptures from the lectionary read ...

The main theme of the liturgy of the third Sunday, whose readings are Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10; Psalm 146; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11, is a call for Christian hope and courage.

We spend our lives going on journeys. Short journeys, long journeys, literal, metaphorical. We journey through life, alone, with others. We make functional journeys – to work, to school, to church. We ...

Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday homilies that ...

Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Regular worshippers here will have noticed that there is no Altar at the Crossing, immediately in front of the ...