For the Third Sunday of Advent, or Gaudete Sunday, Father Joshua Whitfield emphasizes that today we are told to “Rejoice in the Lord.” Christ, born of the virgin, is the bringer of joy, the forger of our felicity. Rejoicing and prayer strengthen
For Gaudete Sunday next weekend, Timothy O’Malley writes in his reflection that we Christians celebrating Advent might learn from the “not-ness” of John the Baptist. John’s “not-ness” is not an occasion of self-abnegation. His mission is to proclaim the Dayspring from on
There has been little reason to rejoice in 2020, the majority of which has been spent under the dark cloud of pandemic. Yet rejoicing is what many Catholic leaders were doing on the eve of Thanksgiving, when the Supreme Court granted the
Celebrating Gaudete Sunday, Renée Roden writes that even in pandemic times, “Our lives need events. The rhythm of life demands the interruption of the ordinary. These celebrations break through our daily lives to shout: “This is important! Something has happened.” And we
Gretchen R. Crowe reminds us in this week’s No Greater Joy column, that celebrating and sharing the Good News, both in our Church and in Scripture, reminds us of the joy ever-present in our Church. The joy that comes from loving and