Happy Gaudete Sunday! The Rev. Gus Puleo serves as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where he ...

Today is Gaudete Sunday. That may not mean much to many readers, but it is part of a Christian liturgy which once permeated Western Civilization.

Gaudete —rejoice! True to form, the first reading from Zephaniah and the responsorial psalm, taken from Isaiah, make the joyful theme of Gaudete Sunday quite clear.

Find True Joy This Gaudete Sunday Reflections on forthcoming Mass readings by Tom and April Hoopes. Tom and April Hoopes Features December 2, 2008 ...

The third Sunday of Advent is Gaudete Sunday, from the first word (in Latin) of the Entrance Antiphon of the Eucharistic Liturgy: “Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, rejoice! Indeed, the Lord is ...

Fr. Jeffrey Kirby of South Carolina reflects on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17, and its call to "rejoice always" and "pray without ceasing" as it relates to the holy season of Advent.

Sharing God’s Joy We rejoice today, on Gaudete Sunday, not only in anticipation of the joy of Christmas, but in the perennial joy of the Incarnation itself and of the Paschal Mystery. Rejoice!

Young Voices: The most joyful room I was in this year was a church packed with mourners at a funeral. It was also saddest room I was in this year.

The third Sunday of Advent — known as Gaudete Sunday — is commonly marked by the use of rose-colored candles and vestments, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Why is the church swimming upstream, calling us to rejoice? It is O.K. to tell the kids that we are halfway through Advent, so it is time to be happy and to light the rose candle. But given that ...

On this special day known as Gaudete Sunday, as on Laetare Sunday, the organ and flowers, forbidden for the rest of the season, were permitted. Rose-colored vestments were worn instead of purple.