The Church in the 21st Century Center is excited to share weekly reflections on Sundays during Advent from members of the Boston College community. The Second Sunday's reflection is offered by Molly ...

Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, is a time of preparation for the arrival of the Christ child in many Christian churches. There are four weeks, four Sundays of Advent, and this Sunday is ...

One goal is to note the obvious tension between the sobering messages heard during the quiet weeks of Advent and the waves of joyful songs, sacred and secular, that now start before Thanksgiving and ...

This week, Christians begin a new liturgical year and enter into the rich and ancient four-week season of Advent. For most American Christians, Advent passes virtually unnoticed, as the celebration of ...

The Third Sunday of Advent is often referred to as Gaudete ("Rejoice") Sunday. The title comes from the beginning of the Latin introit for this Sunday, "Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete" ...