The history of Advent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

The name Advent [From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming] is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for the celebration of the feast of Christmas, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ…

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 1st On the Feast of All Saints

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 7th on following the Light of Christ

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 6th on the sanctity of the Christian institutes

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Leonard of Noblac

Saint Leonard was born towards the end of the fifth century of illustrious parents, residing in the part of the province of Gaul which was then beginning to be called France.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 5th On the perfection of our ordinary actions

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 4th On the means we all have to become saints

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 3rd On the obligation of Christians to be saints

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 2nd On the Commemoration of All Souls

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: October 31st On the Four Cardinal Virtues

A brief meditation for Christians from Bishop ✠Richard Challoner for everyday of the year.