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Christmas is everywhere, but what if you don't feel the same spirit of celebration?

A Dominican nun ministers to prisoners with help from rescue dogs, Catholic film critics John Mulderig and Sister Rose Pacatte talk about the intersection of faith and film, and much more. 

This Sunday, so close to the Christmas celebrations, we find the activity of some special hearts, those beating for Jesus, Mary and Elizabeth. 

I'll be home for Christmas. It’s the stuff of songs, of sweet movies where the conflict is resolved in two hours just as snow begins to fall; it’s the stuff of our deepest longings and our most bitter disappointments. 

Even in the midst of the darkness we experience within our world, nation and Church, we are filled with joyful hope as we celebrate the truth that Jesus, our Lord and Savior and the Light of the World, has dispelled the darkness. Therefore, with trust and confidence, we dare to pray for one another. 

"Silent Night" was sung for the first time that Christmas Eve at a midnight Mass at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire. The lyrics were written by a young Catholic priest, Father Joseph Mohr, and the music was composed by Francis Xavier Gruber, an organist and school master.

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