I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...

This Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday. Pope Francis has consistently called us to live with joy, most especially in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel," in which ...

“Rejoice in the Lord always,” says Paul in this Sunday’s second reading, “I shall say it again: rejoice!” (Phil 4:4). This exhortation runs throughout the letter to the Philippians. Rejoicing is also ...

When I told a friend I was writing about “Advent and irony” he suggested that would be a good name for a rock band or a bar. How can Christianity, and particularly the Advent season, be associated ...