Here we have collected our favorite Advent songs and hymns to celebrate the arrival of Christmas and the glory of Christ's birth. Advent is the season of preparing our hearts, souls, and minds for the ...

We see the windows lighted, Virgin Mary, City of God, by every hymn we raise With chipped and broken voices, and our feeble Vision guesses sacred silhouettes. But when the little Seed fell in the ...

Neale, Mediaeval Hymns, 1851, additional verses and alternative translations ... In addition, since Vatican II, Catholic teaching has emphasized that Advent should ritualize three "comings" - the ...

Advent is the beginning of the spiritual year ... Austria is the birthplace of one of the most beloved Christmas hymns, ...

As we experience the Advent season, hope and peace can be found in each lighting of the candles, singing special hymns, and sharing Scripture. Advent music and hymns are shared during worship. Songs ...

Christmas symbols we all know and love. N othing says “Christmas” like the sights, smells and sounds of the season: From ...

Catholic, Orthodox, and Assyrian Christians celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross with prayers, hymns, and ...

York Minster is preparing to mark Advent and Christmas with a programme of new services and events for 2024, alongside ...

As we prepare for the festive season many of us will be ticking off a number of tasks, from decorating the tree to writing ...

In one of several surviving hymns, written in the final centuries ... Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. With the advent of the reign of Augustus in 27 BCE, life in the provincial ...

“To prepare for Christmas, the liturgy offers us the time of Advent, which this year begins ... [the local custom of singing joyful hymns even though it is still the penitential season of ...