A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath ... Gaudete means "rejoice" and takes its name from the first word of the Introit for that Sunday. There is but one week to go and soon the King's ...

The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home ...

Lent is not impeded upon by Easter in the same way that, culturally, Advent is in competition ... glimpse of the crown of thorns wreath draw us back into that first prayer during its creation ...

German Christmas market festivities continue all month with Der Adventskranz, or the Advent Wreath, laid flat holding 4 candles, one for each Sunday of ... is during the first few weeks of December.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A First Alert Weather Day has been issued for late Sunday and Sunday night for the threat of strong to severe storms. Sunday is a First Alert Weather Day as confidence ...

Several state and local leaders rode a fireboat out to the site of the collapse to honor the lives lost and reflect on all ...

You wouldn’t think that someone who goes around banging a drum in the streets before dawn and waking up the whole ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon. The date of Easter is determined by the Paschal full moon, the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21st. While we're still a ...

Sunday, March 9, is the First Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13. As Lent begins, we are asked to consider some of ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Francis will make his first public appearance on Sunday with a blessing and a wave from Rome’s Gemelli hospital where he was admitted on February 14 with ...

For those unlucky in love, the first Sunday of Lent – Chalk Sunday – was one of public humiliation in some regions of the country. The unmarried were singled out by chalked Xs and other ...