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Will there be peace at home?

Peace, relatively speaking: Advice on how to deal with the presence (or absence) of family members at Christmas. By Gail Besse.

Was It a Miracle?

Glad You Asked

The throne of God

By Carl Olson. Through her faith and trusting reception, Mary became the living ark of the covenant

The Pattern of Advent

Editor's Opinion by Msgr. Owen F. Campion

The path of Advent

By Carl Olson. Advent is the winding road on which we walk to encounter Christ between his first and last coming

The Lord's presence

By Carl E. Olson. When we receive the Eucharist, we proclaim Christ's coming -- especially during Advent

The Light is Here!

Homily Background for December 13, 2009 - Year C

Section In Focus, Page 9, Sunday, November 30, 200

Lorene Hanley Duquin

Scandal of Advent

By Carl E. Olson. In their faithfulness, St. John the Baptist and Mary are witnesses to the truth of Christ

Restoring Advent as a Liturgical Season

By Mark G. Boyer

Ready to meet Jesus?

Prepare ye the way to recognize him, says Carl Olson in his weekly Scripture column.

Prepare for Him

Homily Background for December 6, 2009 - Year C

Parents need to limit kids' screen time

Families can try fasting from all electronic media during Advent, Lent, expert advises

Openers: Prescription for Christmas stress relief

Rx for Yuletide stress? In his weekly Openers column, editor Gerald Korson bemoans the anxiety over Christmas gifts.

November 30, First Sunday of Advent

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

November 29, First Sunday of Advent

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for November 29, 2009, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Miracles for family, season

By Joyce Duriga. 'Christmas at Maxwell's,' an independent film, and "A Shoemaker's Gospel,' a new book are reviewed.

Mary -- Crucial to Christmas

This article has free access for all visitors. What role should the mother of our Lord play in our worship and festival observances?

Making Advent meaningful at any stage of life

By Cory and Heidi Busse. Concrete ways young families, single people and married couples can await Christ’s coming

Lord, come and save us

On this Gaudete Sunday, the Church calls us to be joyful - and patient - in anticipation

It is time

Editorial

In Focus: The Definitive Guide to Advent

By Lorene Hanley Duquin. Balance the sacred part of this time of preparation with all of the secular, pre-Christmas frenzy

In Focus: Glory to the newborn king

In Focus: Christ Child in art. How the Baby Jesus is reverenced in image and devotion throughout the world. By Ann Ball.

In Focus: Advent opportunity!

By OSV staff. There is no time like the present to make the best Advent preparation for Christmas of your life

How to save Advent

This column has free access for all visitors. By Greg Erlandson. Small effort urges people to recapture season’s true nature by focusing on presence, not presents

For all who seek joy

By Carl Olson. The joy that accompanies earthly giving is only a foretaste of the rejoicing in the Lord’s presence

Dispelling darkness

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Christmas lights and brightly lit trees remind us that this season is about receiving the divine light

December 21, Monday Advent Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 21, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer

December 20, Fourth Sunday of Advent

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 20, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

December 18, Thursday Advent Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

December 18, Friday Advent Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 18, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

December 17, Wednesday Advent Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Counter Culture: Remember your 'Os'

Kathy Shaidle reflects on the return of the O (not Oprah) antiphons for Advent.

Come, Lord Jesus Christ

During Advent, we stand on earth before the Son of Man, receiving him with prayer, desire.

Church gives us season to make way for the Lord

As we await Jesus' Incarnation, we prepare for his second coming

Christmas and the promise of hope and new beginnings

This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The gift of God’s love is even more stunning when we reflect on his coming to us as a defenseless baby