The third Sunday, however, "marks a shift in the Advent season," he said. On an Advent wreath, the pink candle is lit on the third Sunday, and it is one of the two times of the year clergy have ...

Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021 You are invited to rise, in body or spirit, for those parts of the service marked with an asterisk (*) Invitatory: Partita on “Freu dich sehr, o meine ...

The Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday, a day of rejoicing. It is a time to rejoice in who God is. This Sunday would be a good time to listen again to what Pope Francis told us in ...

The Chinese word for "crisis" is made up of two characters side by side: the first is "danger" and the other is "opportunity." ...

Advent. Third Sunday of Advent is a time to rejoice, says South Carolina priest: 'Able to give love to others' Humanity, said Fr. Kirby, was created by God to 'rejoice always' ...

This Third Sunday of Advent invites us to join John in asking ourselves what we expect of God and, in turn, what God offers and hopes for from us. Are we, with John, waiting for God's intervention?

A Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent. Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18a Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:10-18. The dream has more combinations than I can count, but the issue is always the same: ...

Advent occurs over four weeks as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. The Third Sunday of Advent is also known as Gaudete Sunday showing the nearness of the coming of Christ.

Third Sunday of Advent Reflection ... Advent 1952. Twelve years old, and I’m pedaling my bike over the rainswept playgrounds and back streets of Levittown four miles north to the World War Two.

During the season of Advent we await the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth and His coming again at the end of time. Our culture, in fact, seems to erase Advent, which is a penitential season ...