Advent 2010
- January 28, 2011
- Catholic Schools Week 2011 - Copy
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Our annual Catholic Schools Week section looks at trends and programs in Catholic education.
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- November 29, 2010
- Advent holds triple meaning
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Throughout Advent, Christians prepare themselves for Jesus’ birth. Yet seemingly contradictory Scripture passages -- taken from the readings of Nov. 28, the first Sunday of Advent -- reflect a more complex significance attached to the four-week period.
Read More- By Mike Latona/Catholic Courier
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- November 29, 2010
- Adoration can bring peace during Advent
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Seeking peace and quiet during the hustle and bustle of Advent?
Regular adorers of the Eucharist say adoration is a good way to prepare for Christ’s return.
Read More- By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier
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- December 6, 2010
- New adorers needed
Coordinators of perpetual, extended and nocturnal adoration around the Diocese of Rochester say there is always a need for new adorers.
Read More- By Amy Kotlarz/Catholic Courier
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- November 29, 2010
- We all yearn for second coming
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that Advent is about two "comings" of Christ:
Read More- By Father Lawrence E. Mick/CNS
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- November 29, 2010
- Advent is a time to make improvements
For many people, life often seems like a slog through the swamp. And as one wit put it, when you are up to your waist in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective is to drain the swamp!
Read More- By Father Lawrence E. Mick/CNS
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- November 29, 2010
- John's message is still important
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Jesus makes a very interesting statement at the end of the portion of Matthew's Gospel that we hear on the Third Sunday of Advent this year: "Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he" (11:11).
Read More- By Father Lawrence E. Mick/CNS
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- November 29, 2010
- This Advent, meditate on God's fidelity
People often hear in Sunday homilies that they need to remain faithful to God, to their faith or to their church's teachings.
Read More- By Father Herbert Weber/CNS
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