Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into ... a dreamer like that other Joseph in the Book of Genesis. Then the third week: Joy! Gaudete Sunday. Yes, let us rejoice! Rejoice in ...

The spirit of penance during Advent is not the same as that for Lent and some joy is permitted. Gaudete means "rejoice" and takes its name from the first word of the Introit for that Sunday.

“The whole point is to help us feel abundance and care and joy ... the beginning of Advent with the wise men placed far away in the room, González-Andrieu said. Each Sunday the wise men ...

Just last Sunday we completed another cycle of the Church’s liturgical ... No, your job is to be ready to stand before Him, with open and ready arms. And isn’t that what Advent is for? Isn’t it to ...

Today, on Gaudete Sunday, we just begin to inch out of the half-light of Advent slightly closer towards the dawn ... He encourages us to cultivate a profound interior joy as we await Christ’s coming ...