Find today’s readings here. All who heard these things took them to heart, saying, “What, then, will this child be? For surely the hand of the Lord was with him. Anyone who has ever named a child ...

The story of Zechariah and Elizabeth follows the pattern of miraculous conceptions and births, including that of Samson (first reading), that reveal God's grace guiding the genealogy of Israel from ...

An Advent reading for December 18. As we journey through the events surrounding the Nativity, we contemplate the Incarnation. Jesus—the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace, the Light of the World—became ...

An angel accented the top of our family’s Christmas tree each year when I was growing up. This regal figure featured a golden gown, wings and a halo. Angels have ...

When St. Jean-Marie Vianney and St. John Eudes were canonized 100 years ago on May 31, 1925, it was not then the feast of the Visitation. But the coincidence of the centennial with the Visitation now ...