by Derek Cummins | Dec 6, 2023 | Advent, The App
Today, we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception. We honor the grace given by Jesus to his mother at her conception to prepare her for her role in our salvation, making her into a fit dwelling place for himself. She was conceived without original sin and was...
by Derek Cummins | Nov 29, 2023 | Advent, Our Team Picks
The following is an excerpt from “On the Incarnation” by St. Athanasius the Great So then, men having thus become brutalized, and demoniacal deceit thus clouding every place, and hiding the knowledge of the true God, what was God to do? To keep still...
by Derek Cummins | Nov 29, 2023 | Advent, Feast Days, Our Team Picks
On December 6th, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas, a.k.a. Santa Claus. As you may have expected, St. Nicolas’s story neither begins at the North Pole nor in Sombertown. Rather, it begins in the city of Myra, located in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Nicolas was...
by Jacob Laskowski | Nov 29, 2023 | Advent
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Paprocki is the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois (installed on June 22, 2010). Growing up in Chicago, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1978. After ordination, he studied law at DePaul...
by Mark Quaranta | Nov 15, 2023 | Advent, Articles, Feast Days
Advent is a time of anticipation as we prepare for the coming of Jesus. He first came into the world in Bethlehem, greeted by shepherds and kings. Now it is our turn to welcome him as he is born again in our hearts this Christmas. Below are the disciplines of prayer,...
by Mark Quaranta | Nov 9, 2023 | Advent, Articles, Feast Days
It can be hard to know what to do during Advent. Lent has a clearer focus of praying and fasting with Jesus in the desert. Advent focuses on expectation and hope, but what should we expect during Advent? During this preparatory season before Christmas, we put...
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