Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry ... overcoming even death. And, finally, the fourth week, with just days until Christmas, signaling love. Love, oh caring love. The good ...

The sacramentary of St. Gelasius has neither Mass nor ... of Advent, which gives it four weeks, the fourth being that in which Christmas day falls, unless December 25 be a Sunday.

Many Advent customs ... leading up to Christmas Day, with each Sunday having a different theme and focus. The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent.

Then the angel departed from her. On the brink of Christmas, we turn to Mary. We see the uncertainty, the fear, in the eyes of a young woman preparing (if that were possible) for the birth of her ...