As Christmas grows closer and closer, those who celebrate are busy with last minute preparations, including gift wrapping, holiday baking and celebration planning. However, for Christians, the weeks ...

Day 11 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Looking for Signs of a Black Hole. Spiral galaxy M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel, lies about 15 million light-years away from Earth. Recent ...

If you’re not a Christian or Catholic, “Advent” might mean a cardboard calendar filled with chocolate, treats or beauty product samples. But for many Christians and Catholics, “Advent” is an important ...

Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that many Christians and Catholics observe, in preparation for Christmas Day. The season begins four Sundays before Christmas and involves weekly themes ...

ADVENT CALENDARS never used to be much fun. Each day in December, as part of the lead-up to Christmas, you would peel back a card door to reveal a Bible verse or a picture of a church bell. Only if ...

Not to alarm you, but we’re a matter of weeks away from Christmas – and already in Advent. Advent, which begins on the Sunday closest to November 30, lasts for four weeks. This year, it started on ...

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Advent began yesterday. "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!" the prophet Isaiah told us at Mass yesterday. Jesus urged us to be wakeful in Matthew's Gospel: "So too, you ...

Ask almost anyone, anywhere, and they’ll tell you that 2025 has been a hard year. We’ve witnessed global wars, school shootings and an alarming rise in political violence. We’ve endured a ...

The holiday season is in full swing, and with December around the corner, what better way to count down to Christmas than with Advent calendars, specifically beauty ones. While it is not known who the ...

For many in North Jersey, the Christmas season will start in earnest soon. Advent, the month-long buildup to the holiday, arrives for most Christians on Sunday, Nov. 30 (though Eastern Orthodox ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. Remember the SNL “Christmas Morning” sketch—the one where the whole family unwraps a bounty of perfect gifts ...