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Witness?

Homily Background for December 11, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)

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

Utah bishop reminds Catholics: Wait ... It's not Christmas yet

By Bishop John C. Wester. Bishop to Catholics: Advent is not the time to be consumed with holiday hype. (Subscription required)

U.S. parishes prepare for Roman Missal changes

This In Focus article has free access for all visitors. By Emily Stimpson. U.S. bishops are equipping priests, laity to avoid any confusion when new prayers take effect

True gifts of Advent and Christmas

By Cory Busse. This year, let’s choose compassion over consumption. Here’s how to do it

Tomeo: Broken bones turn into Christmas blessing

Husband’s accident forces columnist to practice what she preaches about Advent and Christmas. (Subscription required)

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

The End of the Procession

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St. Joseph the servant

By Carl Olson. He utters no words in Scripture, but his actions display a deep trust in God’s plan for the Messiah. (Subscription required)

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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

Robert P. Lockwood: A feast of memories

We Catholics mark our lives through liturgical year — both the ordinary and the extraordinary times

Restoring Advent as a Liturgical Season

By Mark G. Boyer

Rejoice, the Lord is Near!

Homily Background for December 12, 2010 - Year A

Ready to meet Jesus?

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

Ready for the Bus

Homily Background for November 28, 2010 - Year C

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.

November 28, First Sunday of Advent

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November 27, First Sunday of Advent

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November 25, Friday Weekday

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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

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor about flat tax, environment, Roman Missal, and Father Alfred Delp.

John Norton's Openers: Pope asks Catholics to focus on unborn as Advent starts

This column has free access for all visitors. Pope Benedict XVI is opening Advent this year with what appears to be an unprecedented liturgical focus on the unborn and the gift of human life.

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

Holy dwelling place

By Carl Olson. Through her perfect humility and faith, the Blessed Virgin Mary became the new Tabernacle

Holiday spending, Catholic style

By Phil Lenahan. While preparing for Christmas and the New Year, focus on your interior spirit

Greg Erlandson: An Eeyore Christmas

A game plan for saving and savoring the 12 Days of Christmas, one of the best of the Catholic traditions

Good News?

Homily Background for December 4, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)

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

Fitting Abodes for the Redeemer

By Marcus C. Grodi. Duc in Altum

Editorial: The God-who-comes

This editorial has free access for all visitors. ‘For believers “peace” is one of the most beautiful names of God.’

Editorial: Pontiff's message for a 'green' Advent

‘There will be no good future for humanity on earth if we do noteducate everyone to a more responsible way of life for creation.’

Editorial: Open the doors of hope this Advent

To recover hope in Advent requires a conscious decision to go beyond the routine of yuletide traditions.

Editorial: Higher expectations at Advent

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. Some may be tempted to cheer on unbridled Christmas consumers as a sort of new national patriot.

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 6, St. Nicholas

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

December 4, Second Sunday of Advent

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December 21, Monday Advent Weekday

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December 20, Fourth Sunday of Advent

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December 2, Friday Advent Weekday

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December 18, Thursday Advent Weekday

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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 18, Fourth Sunday of Advent

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December 17, Wednesday Advent Weekday

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December 1, Thursday Advent Weekday

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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

Christ Will Come Again

Homily background for December 2, 2007 First Sunday of Advent

Christ the King Season

Homily Background for November 29, 2009 - Year B

Cause for rejoicing

By Carl Olson. God has come and is coming to save us from sin, despair and death. But will we obey his will?

Carl E. Olson: The coming of the Lord

Christ’s coming, both now and at the end of time, requires that we keep a steadfast focus on eternity

Carl E. Olson: Seven words of Advent

This season, we await and watch for Christ’s second coming as we express our belief in his first one

Carl E. Olson: Rejoicing in God

Like the prophet John the Baptist, we are called to joyfully declare the Lord’s goodness and glory

Carl E. Olson: Preparing the way

In order to be exiled from sin, as John the Baptist proclaimed, we must undergo constant conversion

Carl E. Olson: Prepare the way

John the Baptist announces the coming of the Messiah with a simple call for all believers to repent

Beginning in the end

By Carl E. Olson. Prepare the way by repenting of sin and embracing the divine life granted in baptism

Be the shepherd this Advent

By Cory Busse. This season, shake off your fear and spread the Good News, just like those who watched over their flock that first Christmas

Awaken! God Comes!

By Carl Olson.'Cleared of sentimental wrappings,the Christmas story events are dramatic,raw,bloody and joyous’

An ice storm led to an Advent Unplugged

Openers by John Norton

Advent: Patient Preaching in an Impatient Age

By Ronald D. Witherup, S.S. Preaching in our impatient and fast-paced society

Advent, Christmas offer many lessons in love

Mary is the embodiment of love in selfless giving of her son to world

Advent Preparation

Even secular Christmas offers opportunities for pastors

Advent on the precipice

By Greg Erlandson. Are we ready to make sacrifices -- spiritual and economic -- to get our house in order?

A Time for the Lonely, Too

Homily Background for December 20, 2009 - Year C

A Jesuit priest’s last Advent reflection from a Nazi prison

By John Norton. In December 1944, 37-year-old Jesuit Father Alfred Delp was imprisoned in Tegel Prison in Berlin

A Familiar Home

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