It’s judgment day in the Senate. Republicans are hoping to have a final vote soon on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, their ...

The Hindu's Christmas 2024 Advent Calendar: Join us for 12 days of Christmas spirit! Check this space every day for stories that spread holiday cheer ...

Day 16 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar. By Alan Taylor. December 16, 2024. ... The galaxy, also known as Messier 74, lies about 32 million light-years away, and was first discovered in ...

December 15, 2024, is the third Sunday of Advent, known in many Christian traditions as Gaudete Sunday. The name stems from the Latin Vulgate translation of Philippians 4:4: Gaudete in Domino semper.

4th Sunday of Advent. by Cally Hammond. 13 December 2024. 22 December, Micah 5.2-5a; Magnificat or Psalm 80.1-8; ... The commentator Raymond Brown describes this as “a commissioning of Mary as the ...

Isaiah, in our first reading, heard a call to comfort; comfort my people, even in the direst of circumstances. Isaiah makes for very good company, in the Advent season, along with the great company of ...

ADVENT 2024: Four ways to discover peace through the practices of Advent ... These may be the churches we attend on Sunday but can also be discovered in the environment we create in our homes.

Advent is also intended to be a season of fasting, like Lent, and both holidays are symbolized by the color purple or blue. The third Sunday of Advent — known as Gaudete Sunday — is commonly ...

During Sunday Mass, December 1, Monsignor Paul Dougherty deepened the congregation’s understanding of the word “advent” by citing the meaning of the Latin origin as “a coming to.” This ...