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Build peace by welcoming migrants and refugees, Pope Francis says in his World Peace Day message.

Although Christmas this year is the day after the fourth Sunday of Advent, Catholics  looking to count a Sunday evening Mass Dec. 24 for both that Sunday obligation and Monday's Christmas Mass obligation will have to think again.

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I remember very little about celebrating Advent and Christmastide as a child, aside from reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and gorging myself on candy canes. 

It took seven years, working an average of 30 hours a week, but Gustavo Erostegui has completed his retirement project: a hand-built devotional monument, complete with statues, imitation stained glass and stonework, in his backyard.

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge signed the LARCUM Covenant Dec. 1 during the opening session of the 2017 Virginia LARCUM Conference at St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Richmond.

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Freedom from our sins is a tremendous gift from God. When a person hears God’s voice from within calling him or her to admit sinful choices, that person is experiencing closeness to God. Of highest importance is the next step of accepting that these same sins form a real obstacle to His love.

During the weeks before Christmas, Catholic churches stand out for what they are missing. Unlike stores, malls, public buildings and homes that start gearing up for Christmas at least by Thanksgiving, churches appear almost stark save for Advent wreaths and maybe some greenery or white lights.

 

Everywhere we turn there’s a Christmas countdown. “Fourteen Days until Christmas Eve,” are words that can instill excitement — or fear. 

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