Tag: Advent

On this first Sunday of the Christmas Season, Tom Hoopes reflects on each person of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph — and how to stay close to each. Also, click

We are in our darkest period of the year … and light springs forth.

This week on Catholic Living, Tom Hoopes finds the Christian virtues of secular Christmas.

In this hyper electronic age, a candle can help us learn to wait.

The original Grinch cartoon echoes both St. Teresa of Avila and the Catechism.

St. Paul commands: “Rejoice always,” but he also has a few prerequisites for the joy …

Many things can drown out a voice crying out in the desert, says Father Jay Kythe OSB.

It is perhaps the best approximation of that experience available to us on earth.

Satan tries to tempt Jesus with pride, vanity and comfort in Lent. As Christmas approaches, we face the same three temptations.

We used to call the yearly struggle with the secularization of Christmas the “war on Christmas.” But there’s a secret …