Advent

With Christmas just around the corner, the Fourth Sunday of Advent draws us into the mystery that surrounds Joseph, the husband of Mary. A descendant of David, Joseph is called to be a father to a Child not his own. How is this possible? And what does the birth of this mysterious Child mean to… Read more »

 We already met John in the desert and on the banks of the Jordan River, preach-ing with great passion to the crowds (cf. Mt. 3:11), but the Liturgy of the Third Sun-day of Advent gives us a glimpse of a “different” John. After a time in the vast emptiness of the desert and then alongside… Read more »

Advent features radiant “presences” that, like beacons in the night, illuminate the path leading to the One who comes. On the Second Sunday of Advent, we meet John the Baptizer, a witness to the Light. He is a decisive, convinced and profound “mouthpiece of God”-the herald of a prophetic message that speaks to hearts, urging… Read more »

The very meaning of the word “advent” (from the Latin adventus = arrival, coming) offers us the perspective that every Christian should strive to adopt during this season. In fact, all of Sacred Scripture speaks to us about the continual “advents” of God in human history–comings that find their complete fulfillment in Jesus of Nazareth…. Read more »