December 15, 2024, is the third Sunday of Advent, known in many Christian traditions as Gaudete Sunday. The name stems from the Latin Vulgate translation of Philippians 4:4: Gaudete in Domino semper.

The Christian season of Advent, which begins this Sunday, is a four-week period of preparation for Christmas. Advent's themes of hope, peace, joy, and love are symbolized by lighting candles, moving ...

BELLOWS FALLS -- Does this holiday season get you down? Do you find yourself feeling blue, when it seems like everyone around you is filled with excitement and anticipation and joy? Those feeling this ...

Happy New Year to all! Throughout December, our church community came together to observe the Advent season, a time rich with meaningful themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. Each Sunday, as the ...

It is difficult not to join the chorus of people bemoaning the 4:15 p.m. sunsets we have been experiencing in the Northeast. Even the most hardened New Englanders seem to agree, very few people like ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow has always been bothered by Advent’s emphasis on the imagery of light and darkness. For at least the last decade, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor has been ...