Love, the Rose, is On the Way
Maureen O'Brien
December 24, 2023
Today, let yourself reflect on the words from your favorite Christmas carols. Are there songs and stanzas that have been with you since childhood?
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Waiting with Hope
Christopher Heffron
December 24, 2022
Reflect Have you taken a moment to consider what this holiday is truly about? On the eve of such a holy day, it’s good to remember how it started. Pray Dear God,As the light begins to pass on the day ...
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Chapel memorializing ‘Silent Night’ continues to draw tourists
OSV News
December 23, 2022
The Christmas song "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") may have put the town of Oberndorf, Austria, on the map, but it's the chapel memorializing the beloved carol that is the town's main attraction.
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‘Tis the Season of Hope
Jeremy Harrington, OFM
December 14, 2020
One wonderful gift that God gives us is the virtue of hope. Will the acceptance of this gift be different this year because of recent and ongoing tragedies?
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Substituting for the Gloria
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 12, 2020
For the past few years, from midnight Christmas through Epiphany, the director of music in our parish has elected to use "Angels We Have Heard on High" instead of the Gloria. What is proper in this regard?
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Editorial: The Gift of Perfect Joy