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Homily Background for December 11, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)
Openers
Peace, relatively speaking: Advice on how to deal with the presence (or absence) of family members at Christmas. By Gail Besse.
By John Norton. Reflection on the pope's Christmas message in light of a tragedy close to home.
By Barbara Beckwith. The enormity of God’s gift of Jesus is ours to discover
Priestalk by Father Patrick Carrion.
By Teresa Tomeo. Don’t hasten to put those decorations away yet — relish the last day of the true Christmas season
By Bishop John C. Wester. Bishop to Catholics: Advent is not the time to be consumed with holiday hype. (Subscription required)
By Cory Busse. This year, let’s choose compassion over consumption. Here’s how to do it
Our Take. Archbishop Dolan calls a truce in the culture war over keeping Christ in Christmas
Husband’s accident forces columnist to practice what she preaches about Advent and Christmas. (Subscription required)
This article has free access for all visitors. By Victor M. Parachin. For millions of people around the world, the Christmas season is one filled with joyful activities steeped in familiar traditions.
By Carl Olson. Through our communion with the Incarnate Word, born on this day, we, too, become children of God
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. God’s love presented in the birth of our Lord has a lesson on the death penalty. (Subscription required)
By Pope St. Leo the Great. What does it mean to have peace with God? From his "Sermon on the Nativity."
By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker
By Bishop Robert J. Baker. Remember, Dec. 25 just starts celebrations of one of the greatest events in the history of the world
Editorial
By Heidi Busse. Favorite sacred and secular songs to herald the coming of Christ
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Lorene Hanley Duquin
Faith can’t be pushed to the periphery at Christmas, despite the secular mush that gets thrown our way. (Subscription required)
Christ's birth illuminated and transformed the world.
Prepare ye the way to recognize him, says Carl Olson in his weekly Scripture column.
Our Take. The thinness of the pope's protection is highlighted by several recent incidents
If singing is, as St. Augustine proposed, like praying twice, then perhaps giving a present that also supports a worthy cause can be compared to a twofold gift.
The celebration of Jesus Christ's birth began in mid-fourth-century Rome as a form of penitential preparation
Openers by John Norton
By Pope Benedict XVI. In annual ‘state of the Church’ talk, pope calls for reflection, justice for victims. (Subscription required)
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. The intricately detailed structures may include gold foil, fake jewels and found objects, but Nativity scene of Holy Family always has place of honor
Editors’ choices for the finalists in three categories: Christmas Memories, Christmas Poetry and Christmas in Uniform.
Rx for Yuletide stress? In his weekly Openers column, editor Gerald Korson bemoans the anxiety over Christmas gifts.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for November 29, 2009, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Book Reviews by Father Mark G. Boyer.
By Teresa Tomeo. Make sure the video games and DVDs you give kids match your values this Christmas
Our choices for the finalists in three categories: Christmas Past, Christmas Poetry and Christmas in Uniform
By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Wise Men’s gift to the Christ Child brings together Church’s two great events — Christmas and Easter
This article has free access for all visitors. By Carmen Mele, O.P. Christmas with two Mexican-American families
By Joyce Duriga. 'Christmas at Maxwell's,' an independent film, and "A Shoemaker's Gospel,' a new book are reviewed.
By Scott Alessi. Connecting with loved ones and attending Christmas Mass are cherished gifts for Catholics stationed overseas
By Michelle Martin. More parishes trimming schedule of Sunday Masses because of growing popularity, convenience of vigil
This article has free access for all visitors. What role should the mother of our Lord play in our worship and festival observances?
This editorial column has free access for all visitors. ‘The protection of creation demands the adoption of lifestyles that are sober and responsible, especially toward the poor and future generations.’
Letters to the Editor for December 21, 2008
Organization uses magnets, television ads to celebrate Christ's birth
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Benedictine monastery's eclectic Nativity collection demonstrates that Jesus is truly savior of all people
Praise to You, Lord Jesus, Savior of the world.
Our Takes. We may be in the dog days of summer, but Sears wants you to be dreaming of a white Christmas
In Focus: Christ Child in art. How the Baby Jesus is reverenced in image and devotion throughout the world. By Ann Ball.
By OSV staff. There is no time like the present to make the best Advent preparation for Christmas of your life
Homily Background for December 25, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)
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
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. Catholics are more likely to attend Christmas Mass than any other liturgy throughout the year.
By Robert P. Lockwood. Christmas is a melting pot of sacred and secular; don’t fret about silly stuff stealing focus from Christ
By Phil Lenahan. While preparing for Christmas and the New Year, focus on your interior spirit
This article has free access for all visitors. By Eddie O'Neill. How did this Christmas custom come about?
A game plan for saving and savoring the 12 Days of Christmas, one of the best of the Catholic traditions
By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker. The economy may be tanking, but there's no need to forgo giving presents
Homily Background for December 4, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)
By Teresa Tomeo. Sorry, humanist scrooges, but religion does provide humankind with a moral compass
''Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to those of good will.''
As we lay our pure gift of love before the crib this Christmas, the bells of heaven will chime
By Robert P. Lockwood. A Christmas-light critic reviews this year's showings and finds it conjures up old ghosts
By Marcus C. Grodi. Duc in Altum
By John Norton. Next year OSV Newsweekly celebrates its 100th anniversary
It is not every day that a pontiff reveals his Christmas desires.
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. The benefit of belonging to an ethnic parish seems to be the strong sense of ownership and engagement.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 25, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 23, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 20, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 18, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.
By Scott Alessi. Around the world, Nativities serve as cultural, symbolic tool for sharing the Christmas story. (Subscription required)
By Robert P. Lockwood. In the case of a Nativity scene banned from public property, one group’s tradition is another’s irritation
As we await Jesus' Incarnation, we prepare for his second coming
Peanuts classic shows us how adamant society is now about ignoring holiday's religious roots
OSV staff sample treats and share their choices for holiday gift ideas.
By Father Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R. Are we Christians aware of the presence and action of God?
This article has free access for all visitors. The arrival of God's son, born amid animals and their feed, is when true hope arrives in our world.
By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. Yuletide recollections of friends and family whose lives radiated trust in God's love
Homily Background for December 19, 2010 - Year A
By Teresa Tomeo. Avoid the “super-Catholic syndrome” this holiday — even if that means relying on store-bought pie crust
By Robert P. Lockwood. Secularists, in an attempt to eradicate all things Christmas-related, have gone to absurd extremes
Homily Background for December 25, 2009 - Year C
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
This article has free access for all visitors. By María de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda. Spanish-speaking Catholics remind us what is most important about the Christmas season.
By Donnell Kirchner, C.SS.R. Whatever is worthwhile is worth a good preparation. (Subscription required)
By William C. Graham. Mary in the prayer of the Church. (Subscription required)
By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. As the holidays approach, veterans, military personnel and chaplains reflect on what it means to serve
By Carl Olson.'Cleared of sentimental wrappings,the Christmas story events are dramatic,raw,bloody and joyous’
Editorial
Mary is the embodiment of love in selfless giving of her son to world
This column has free access for all visitors. By John Norton. A lot of people are holding their breath in the hopes of a better 2010 than we had this year.
Homily Background for December 18, 2011 - Year B. (Subscription required)
Readers' Opinions. Benjamin's penny, a box of teddy bears and tithing
By John Norton. An extended reflection on the poverty of the First Christmas.
By Father Mark G. Boyer. Book Reviews. (Subscription required)
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