What is Advent, anyway? A countdown to Christmas? Mini-Lent? Sweater season? An acceptable excuse to eat 24 tiny chocolates out of 24 tiny compartments? 

In this episode of How to Advent, we learn about why Advent is a season of longing as well as hope – and how Advent calendars have anything to...

The Advent wreath is an invitation to enter into the waiting and preparation for the birth of our Savior! As we explore the meaning of the Advent wreath – its light, colors, and components – we can better grasp how we should be preparing our hearts. As the light from the candles grows brighter an...

Everyone knows what a Christmas tree is. But have you heard of a Jesse tree? 

The often-forgotten Jesse tree reminds us of God’s faithful fulfillment of all his promises (of which there are so many throughout all of salvation history!). In Christ, he keeps every promise he has made, from Adam an...

When you really think about the nativity scene – it's kind of a shocking story. But if our Lord didn’t hesitate to be born among donkeys and hay, why would he hesitate to involve himself in the mess of our daily lives? In Bethlehem, Jesus entered fully into our messy, cold, dark world. He wasn’t ...

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Advent sometimes just feels like that time that is sandwiched between Thanksgiving and Christmas – life is hectic with Christmas shopping, parties, the school year ending, and so much more. But as Catholics – we really ought to enter int...